Koro's Star
By (Author) Claire Aramakutu
Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Scholastic New Zealand
1st March 2024
New Zealand
Children
Fiction
Paperback
144
Width 128mm, Height 198mm, Spine 10mm
Set in the 1960s, Koros Star is a heart-warming, exciting, adventure story. Its the beginning of the summer holidays in 1967 when 10-year-old Atama moves with his family into a new army base. His father, Atamas hero, departs for Vietnam, asking Atama to look after his mum and his younger sister, Maia, while hes away. Atama is nervous about making friends at the new camp, so his dad leaves a surprise under his pillow: Koros 19391945 star medal, handed down to Dad after his own father died during World War II. Atama finds new friends but has to undergo an initiation to become part of their club. Wearing Koros medal around his neck, Atama hopes it will give him courage ... but is unprepared for what lies ahead, deep in the tunnels beneath the army base.