DescriptionWith the same laugh-out-loud humour and street-wise storytelling, Under the Radar is the sequel to 2019 Children’s Book Awards finalist Slice of Heaven.ReviewsChris Reed, NZ Booklovers ~ O’Leary presents a hugely diverse mix of young people in terms of racial background, religious affiliation, family environments, gender, gang connections and interpersonal conflict. It has all the essential elements of how life in South Auckland schools happens. The values of family, church, and school are brought to the fore in an attempt to stem the tide of perception towards an aggrandised gangsta lifestyle. This is a very entertaining novel and one that is worthy of reading multiple times. Read the full review.About the Kiwi authorDes O’Leary started life in Greymouth and has taught at high schools in Fiji, Whakatāne and Kerikeri, and at Aorere College in South Auckland, which inspired A Slice of Heaven and the sequel, Under the Radar. Des lives in Tauranga with his wife, Hazel.
