WINNER, NZ Booklovers Award for Best Junior Fiction Book 2023
Click here to read an interview with www.nzbooklovers.co.nz about her win and the book.
"Keenan has pitched this book perfectly to the intended independent reader too - it's the right length, has the right vocabulary and features concepts and content that readers are ready to tackle. It's also an action-packed book, with short snappy chapters, that will appeal to some of our more reluctant younger readers.
Amorangi and Millie's Time Trip was a delight to read, with a fun premise that younger readers will enjoy."
Click here to read Rebekah Lyell from www.nzbooklovers.co.nz full reviewreview
FINALIST, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2022
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Amorangi and Millie lost their mum. Their only clue to her whereabouts is a carving on a tree that says I'm in the past! Rescue me!
To do this, Amorangi and Millie must travel up every branch of their family tree and collect an object from each ancestor they meet.They must then be back in the modern day before the sun sets, or they'll all be trapped forever in the past. But can they do it in time? In their travels, the children experience aspects of events in New Zealand history, such as the invasion of Parihaka, the Great Depression, World War Two, the Musket Wars and the eruption of Mount Taranaki. They also experience changes in the town and landscape, the attitudes of people and the way people live their lives.
Lauren Keenan
Age from 7 years
Paperback / softback 260pp h210mm x w138mm