Dec 15, 2023
2023 reads / storygraph
Dawn Raid
middle grade historical about a 13yo Samoan girl living in Porirua in 1976, as she learns about the hÄŤkoi (MÄori land march) the year before, the dawn raids happening mostly further north, and about civil rights around the world
as well as normal kid stuff like doing the milk run to save up and buy some cool shoes, and dealing with her chaotic younger brothers
she gets more passionate about learning & speaking up about these things, especially when her own family is dawn raided when theyâre visiting relatives in Auckland, and her brother is arrested while protesting with the Polynesian Panthers
told in diary entries
#dawn raid#pauline vaeluaga smith#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#This is great!#god itâs fucking wild we donât learn about this in school. pretty sure I only did in uni#absolutely delighted that the first line of this is: i canât believe the first mcdonaldâs is here! in porirua! afhgdkjghdkj#aotearoa books
