A young girl's unusual friendship with an old woman outcast from society changes an entire community. As a rural town excitedly prepares for a visit from the Queen, the townspeople pressure Hira, to sell her shack that has long been an embarassment.
""1953 New Zealand. Elizabeth Wakefield is a 13 year old with a dream. She wants the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth to visit her Waikato home town. So she writes letters every day to Buckingham Palace and gets Middleton on the Queen's tour map! The town goes crazy. A local woman's committee takes control of the visit and decide in their wisdom that an elderly Māori resident, Hira Mata, with good reasons to resent the British Monarchy must be moved on. Elizabeth sees through this selfish effort and fights to save her new friend from their clutches"--Container."
"A young girl's unusual friendship with an old woman outcast from society changes an entire community. As a rural town excitedly prepares for a visit from the Queen, the townspeople pressure Hira, to sell her shack that has long been an embarassment."@en
"A young girl's friendship with an old woman outcast from society transforms an entire community. As a rural New Zealand town excitedly prepares for a visit from the Queen of England, the townspeople pressure Hira, an elderly Maori woman, to sell her rickety shack that has long been an embarrassment to the town. No one is more excited to meet the Queen then 13-year-old Elizabeth, but when she meets Hira and hears her compelling stories of her tribe's history and culture, she forever changed and moved by the old woman's great wisdom and kindness."@en
"A tale of friendship, bravery, the magic of dreams. Elizabeth is a popular thirteen year old girl who is awaiting the arrival of the Queen of England. She is thrilled when she learns she might meet the Queen! While the town prepares for the Queen, Elizabeth is drawn to the elderly outcast woman, Hira. Shocked by the town's unkind treatment of her new friend, Elizabeth must make an agonizing choice; ignore the injustice or find the courage to defend Hira and risk her dream of meeting the Queen."@en
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