Phantom of Terawhiti
By (Author) Des Hunt
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
12th March 2013
New Zealand
Children
Fiction
823.3
Paperback
258
Width 130mm, Height 200mm, Spine 15mm
300g
It's the school holidays and Zac thinks he might go crazy with boredom. He's living in exile with his disgraced father on the remote Terawhiti Station on Wellington's wild southwest coast. Then Zac and his dad witness a boat sink during a storm. Investigating further, Zac finds a set of unusual animal prints on the beach. Whose boat is it And what creature could have made the prints Soon armed men are prowling the coast, and threatening Zac, his friends and his family. He must do all he can to protect the Phantom of Terawhiti from those intent on hunting it down.
Des Hunt is a well respected educationalist and teacher, responsible for writing the national primary schools science curriculum. He has written a series of successful environmental adventures for 9-12 year olds. He lives in Whitianga, NZ and teaches at the Mercury Bay Area School.