The Transformation of Minna Hargreaves
Minna is a typical fourteen-year-old, who is urban, technologically savvy, and has the right boyfriend and peer group. But her life is turned upside down when her father announces that the family is going to live on an off-shore island for a year, and the venture will be made int... read full description below.
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| ISBN |
9781869418366 |
| Barcode |
9781869418366 |
| Published |
2 March 2007 by Random House |
| Format |
Paperback |
| Author(s) |
By Beale, Fleur |
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| Interest Age |
Young Adults |
| Reading Age |
Young Adults |
| NBS Text |
Young Adult Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
Young adult |
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| Number of Pages |
286 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 133mm
Height: 200mm
Spine: 23mm |
| Weight |
278g |
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| Dewey Code |
823.2 |
| Catalogue Code |
18139 |
Description of this Book
Minna is a typical fourteen-year-old. She's urban, technologically savvy and has a strong peer group. She has a boyfriend who is the school hunk, and she is being encouraged to 'take the relationship to the next stage' by her friend Lizzie. Home is pretty much a non-event. Her mother seems distracted, her father breezes in and out but isn't really present, her brother is a stoner. Her life is turned upside down when Dad announces that he wants them to live on an off-shore island for a year and work to make it into a conservation island. Minna is horrified at the idea, as is her mother. All the more so when they discover that the whole venture is to be made into a reality TV series. To her utter dismay, Minna finds herself on an island, with only her family for company. There's no phone or email contact with the outside world. The helicopter ride to the island has made Mum sick and she doesn't seem to be recovering. Minna has to cope with new family dynamics, come to terms with the fact that her parents' marriage is doomed, and has to learn domestic arts that don't rate very highly on her excitement meter. By the end, although Minna no longer has two parents who are married, she has found her father, is able to apprecitae her mother's strength and is strong enough now to chart her own course.
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Awards & Reviews
| Awards |
Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Senior Fiction 2008.
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Author's Bio
Fleur Beale is the author of 'A Respectable Girl' among many other award-winning books - she has now had 27 books published here, with some of them also being published in the US and England.
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