http://www.seekbooks.com.au/book/New-Zealand-Wars-Trilogy/ isbn/9780908990993.htm http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-SatGree-t1-front- d3.html The Bat’s Nest British redcoats, with their cannon and rockets, march to subdue the Maori tribes in the north led by the fearless Chief Hone Heke. Fourteen year old Jacky, living with Heke and his people becomes caught up in a bewildering and violent conflict between two cultures - that of his Maori mother, and that of his British father. Unlike his three adventurous and daring Maori cousins, Jacky does not want to follow Hone Heke and the other warriors into battle. And as he discovers more about his father and makes friend with a plucky young drummer boy and a 'cowardly' soldier, he wants even less to fight. Torn between loyalty to brave Hone Heke and to his father's people and his new found Pakeha friends. Jacky is confused and frightened. As he watches fearfully, the grisly fighting surges to its terrible climax in the tragic battle of Ruapekapeka, the bats' nest - the final and bloody conflict of the war in the north. An exciting and fast paced historical adventure story set in the 19th century New Zealand, that will give young New Zealanders a poweful awareness of their country's early history. Hardback.
British redcoats, with their cannon and rockets, march to subdue
the Maori tribes in the north led by the fearless Chief Hone Heke.
Fourteen year old Jacky, living with Heke and his people becomes
caught up in a bewildering and violent conflict between two
cultures - that of his Maori mother, and that of his British
father. Unlike his three adventurous and daring Maori cousins,
Jacky does not want to follow Hone Heke and the other warriors into
battle. And as he discovers more about his father and makes friend
with a plucky young drummer boy and a 'cowardly' soldier, he wants
even less to fight. Torn between loyalty to brave Hone Heke and to
his father's people and his new found Pakeha friends. Jacky is
confused and frightened. As he watches fearfully, the grisly
fighting surges to its terrible climax in the tragic battle of
Ruapekapeka, the bats' nest - the final and bloody conflict of the
war in the north. An exciting and fast paced historical adventure
story set in the 19th century New Zealand, that will give young New
Zealanders a poweful awareness of their country's early history.
Hardback.
