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Canterbury Quake

By Desna Wallace
Series: My New Zealand Story
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An eleven-year-old’s straight-from-the-heart account of life through the Canterbury quakes and shakes of 2010-11. Anyone would think Maddy’s world had crumbled when she didn’t get a cell phone for her eleventh birthday. But Maddy soon has far more important things to worry about. In the dark... Read More
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An eleven year old’s straight-from-the-heart account of life through the Canterbury quakes and shakes of 2010-11.

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An eleven-year-old’s straight-from-the-heart account of life through the Canterbury quakes and shakes of 2010-11.

Anyone would think Maddy’s world had crumbled when she didn’t get a cell phone for her eleventh birthday. But Maddy soon has far more important things to worry about.

In the dark of night, with a terrifying rumble and a deafening roar, the world turns upside down! Suddenly, words like ‘liquefaction’, ‘aftershocks’ and ‘state of emergency’ bubble to the surface of her vocabulary.

As Maddy navigates the bumps and crashes of life after the big quakes, she discovers how strong family ties can be, and finds friendship in the most unlikely of places.

Canterbury Quake by Desna Wallace captures a child's perspective on surviving a natural disaster, highlighting resilience and the importance of community.

Product Details

INFORMATION

Barcode: 9781775436324

Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand Limited

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 February 2020

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Scholastic New Zealand

Edition: New edition

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

Desna Wallace is a school librarian in Christchurch who is passionate about children’s books. After Desna left school she spent a number of years travelling overseas before coming back to New Zealand to raise her family. Desna takes any chance she can to read children’s and young adult books. Reading, she believes, is one of the best ways to improve your own writing. Desna has had a number of plays, poems and stories published in the School Journal, but this is her first novel.

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