Pātea BoysPātea Boys

A lively and playful bilingual collection of stories about growing up in Patea. Interlinked and full of recurring characters, these stories are about growing up in small-town Aotearoa -- sneaking away during cross country, doing bombs in the pool while the lifeguard isn't looking, peeling spuds on the marae, crashing a car at age four, and learning to live by the tikanga 'don't ask, don't tell'. The collection is designed to bridge a gap between children's books in te reo and full-length literary works.