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A review by wannabekingpin
Into the River by Ted Dawe
5.0
The rest of this long-winded review is at: [Night Mode Reading]
Te Arepa, a maori boy from a this world full of myths, legends, stories, chants, spirits, monsters, curses and so on, lands in an all-boys school in the city. It takes a lot to fit in. And to some, like him, it takes everything to even adjust. I'd say it's beautiful to see him change, but what I liked even more is how he got changed instead. By his friends, the no-backbone farmer, the bad-boy rebel, and mr seen-it-all. Te Arepa's skin soon becomes too tight for him.
Te Arepa, a maori boy from a this world full of myths, legends, stories, chants, spirits, monsters, curses and so on, lands in an all-boys school in the city. It takes a lot to fit in. And to some, like him, it takes everything to even adjust. I'd say it's beautiful to see him change, but what I liked even more is how he got changed instead. By his friends, the no-backbone farmer, the bad-boy rebel, and mr seen-it-all. Te Arepa's skin soon becomes too tight for him.