The Long White Cloud (Stories from New Zealand) - Oxford Bookworms Library World Stories Stage 3 (1000 headwords) CD Inside
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Retold by: Christine Lindop Thể loại: Literature & Fiction ISBN: 9780194791397 Xuất bản: 12/2008 Trọng lượng: 140 gr NXB: Oxford University Press Số trang: 72 trang - khổ: 13x19,5 cm Giá bán: 65,000 đ |
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Nani Tama looked at each of us - Dad, Auntie Hiraina, my cousin Timi, and myself. His eyes were angry.
You fullas want me to die here in this room? Looking at these four walls? When the whakapapa is not yet finished?
But Nani Tama gets his own way, and his grandson drives him through the night, to find the missing pieces from the family history.
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