Whetū Toa and the Secret Spies

Book Author & Illustrator Steph Matuku & Katharine Hall 
Rights Available World excl. NZ

All is not going well on the farm where Whetū is looking after the magician the Mighty Mikaere’s animals. The new ewes are protesting. Baked Beans, the robot dog, has bitten the bull. And the new rabbit stagehand with the diamond-studded tooth is being incredibly annoying. Worse though – someone is stealing the Mighty Mikaere’s magic tricks. Whetū goes on a mission to find out who, and when she discovers a secret trapdoor, she learns there’s a lot more going on than she had originally thought.

About the Author
Steph Matuku is a writer for children and young adults, and her writing has appeared on the page, stage and screen. Her young adult novels Flight of the Fantail and Falling into Rarohenga and junior novel Whetū Toa and the Magician were Storylines Notable Books. Whetū Toa and the Magician was also shortlisted in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2019. In 2021, she was awarded the established Māori writer residency at the Michael King Writers Centre. Her picture book The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke was shortlisted in both the Booklovers Children’s Book Awards and New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2022.

Katharine Hall is an illustrator and graphic designer based in New Zealand. From her studio in Aotearoa, she tells stories that translate across languages – specialising in ink work and digital design for individuals, start-ups, and businesses both big and small.

 

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Description

Publisher
Huia Publishers

Extent
184pp

Format
148 mm x 210 mm

Binding
Paperback

Category
Children’s

Genre
Junior Fiction

Age range
7-11 years

Publication Date
August 2024

Rights Available:
World excl. NZ

Rights Agents:

World
Eboni Waitere
rights@huia.co.nz

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