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Hunter

A Maori boy in 1803 and a plane crash survivor marooned on a deserted island in 2003 experience interconnecting visions. He was alive because he was a hunter. When fourteen-year-old Jordan and her younger brothers learn they'll have to ride a rickety plane home for the holidays, they're a little scared. But when it crashes on a wild and deserted peninsula in New Zealand, they are completely terrified. And injured. Worst of all, they're completely alone. Or are they? Whose voice is Jordan hearing telling her what to do next? Two hundred years ago, a hunter, Jordan's age, slave to Maori warriors hunting for the Moa bird, is in a dangerous spot, as well. He has the gift of sight, but what is the strange silvery bird that he sees crashing into the sea? And who is the girl with golden hair who is in trouble? He needs to escape the warriors, but he is driven to help the girl. If she will only listen ... In this suspenseful, captivating book, renowned author Joy Cowley brings two very different worlds together, giving us a rare glimpse at the remarkable human spirit that connects us all.

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  • "In 2005 Jordon and her two younger brothers survive a plane crash but are stranded in remote Fjordland on the South-West coast of New Zealand. In 1805 Hunter, a young Māori slave, is hiding in the same location after escaping his captors. He knows he needs keep running but he also knows that the interconnecting visions he's sharing with Jordon will help her and her brothers survive. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary."
  • "A Maori boy in 1803 and a plane crash survivor marooned on a deserted island in 2003 experience interconnecting visions. He was alive because he was a hunter. When fourteen-year-old Jordan and her younger brothers learn they'll have to ride a rickety plane home for the holidays, they're a little scared. But when it crashes on a wild and deserted peninsula in New Zealand, they are completely terrified. And injured. Worst of all, they're completely alone. Or are they? Whose voice is Jordan hearing telling her what to do next? Two hundred years ago, a hunter, Jordan's age, slave to Maori warriors hunting for the Moa bird, is in a dangerous spot, as well. He has the gift of sight, but what is the strange silvery bird that he sees crashing into the sea? And who is the girl with golden hair who is in trouble? He needs to escape the warriors, but he is driven to help the girl. If she will only listen ... In this suspenseful, captivating book, renowned author Joy Cowley brings two very different worlds together, giving us a rare glimpse at the remarkable human spirit that connects us all."@en
  • "A Maori boy in 1803 and a plane crash survivor marooned on a deserted island in 2003 experience interconnecting visions. He was alive because he was a hunter. When fourteen-year-old Jordan and her younger brothers learn they'll have to ride a rickety plane home for the holidays, they're a little scared. But when it crashes on a wild and deserted peninsula in New Zealand, they are completely terrified. And injured. Worst of all, they're completely alone. Or are they? Whose voice is Jordan hearing telling her what to do next? Two hundred years ago, a hunter, Jordan's age, slave to Maori warriors hunting for the Moa bird, is in a dangerous spot, as well. He has the gift of sight, but what is the strange silvery bird that he sees crashing into the sea? And who is the girl with golden hair who is in trouble? He needs to escape the warriors, but he is driven to help the girl. If she will only listen ... In this suspenseful, captivating book, renowned author Joy Cowley brings two very different worlds together, giving us a rare glimpse at the remarkable human spirit that connects us all."

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Young adult fiction, New Zealand"
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Juvenile works"@en

http://schema.org/name

  • "헌터"
  • "Hunter"
  • "Hunter"@en
  • "Hŏnt'ŏ"