DescriptionFor ages 8 to 12ReviewsBarbara Uini for Kete Books ~ It brims with fast-paced action and mystery, shady villains, ambiguous strangers, feisty kids, one sadly messed up kid, and a bunch of passionately misguided conspiracy theorists. Thrown into this mix are fierce atua and ancient rivalries, patupaiarehe (forest fairies), sacred stones and secret guardians, and at the heart of it all, Charlie Tangaroa…We live in a world where our tamariki are too often confronted with division and prejudice—where perspectives are polarized, framed as black or white, good or bad, different or the same. It is refreshing then to read a book such as Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War—a book that encourages reflection and grace over judgment and rejection. While this might sound heavy and earnest, Roxborogh weaves in these underlying issues with a light touch, ensuring they don’t overshadow the story, which is an imaginative, page-turning adventure from start to finish.About the Kiwi authorT K Roxborogh (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri) is an award-winning author of more than thirty published works, both fiction and non-fiction. Her latest publication Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea won the Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction and the supreme Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. She teaches English and has been a writing mentor and judge for short stories and for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
