Amorangi and Millie's Trip Through Time
Winner of the New Zealand Book Lovers Awards 2023
Finalist for the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction)
Selected as a NZ Read Aloud book 2022
Long-listed for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel prize
Sequel scheduled for release in 2024
What's it about?
Amorangi and Millie lost their mum. Their only clue to her whereabouts is a carving on a tree that says I’m in the past! Rescue me! To do this, Amorangi and Millie must travel up every branch of their family tree and collect an object from each ancestor they meet. They must then be back in the modern day before the sun sets, or they’ll all be trapped forever in the past. But can they do it in time?
In their travels, the children experience aspects of events in New Zealand history, such as the invasion of Parihaka, the Great Depression, World War Two, the Musket Wars and the
eruption of Mount Taranaki. They also experience changes in the town and landscape, the attitudes of people and the way people live their lives.
Available in all good book shops
In the media
Review from a fan - in RNZ News
"A perfectly pitched page turner" - in Regional News (plus a bonus dorky photo)
Recommended book to buy for Christmas - The Spinoff
"... rollicking, funny and enlightening" - on Stuff.co.nz
Parihaka vs the ‘primo’ Tudors: Why history in schools needn’t be a battle | The Spinoff
New children's fiction tells Taranaki's history through time-travelling youngsters - Stuff.co.nz
"A captivating read" - The Sapling