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Mama's Trippin'
by Katy Watson-Kell
Price $17.95 
- About the Book
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‘… absorbing and believably voiced … Watson-Kell’s respect and first-hand experience of the island and its people shows through her sensitive portrayal of Von’s spiritual awakening.’ Sydney Morning Herald
Von’s mum has been gone for over ten years when, out of the blue, she invites him to New Zealand. Charlene works nights at a Wellington nightclub; her boyfriend’s running from the cops, and she’s struggling to keep her two-year-old daughter. Trapped in Charlene’s chaotic world, Von spends every night at home playing parent to Stella. And then things go badly wrong — drugs, kidnapping, murder … Von is drawn to the home of his Moriori ancestors. The answers wait for him there, but does he have the strength to find them?
- Categories
- Young Adult, Award Winning
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fremantle Press
- Awards
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Short listed, Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards, 2006
- ISBN11
- 1 92106 407 2
- ISBN13
- 9 781921 064074
- HB/PB
- Paperback
- Format
- B Format (198 x 128mm)
- Pages
- 206
- Teaching Notes
- MAMAS TRIPPIN TEACHING NOTES WEB.pdf
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From the Catalogue
Wilderness Society Award
Congratulations to Sally Morgan whose book The Last Dance won the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Meg McKinlay and Kyle Hughes-Odgers were also shortlisted in the same category for Ten Tiny Things