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Zillah ISBN: 9781877361739 Release: 05-2007 Subject: Young Adult Fiction Format: Paperback RRP: NZ$18.99 Download Resource Kit for teachers |
An exquisite conclusion to the outstanding ‘Watermark Trilogy’.
‘I want to talk with myself, Mum. Over there. ...’
There is a small, green oasis on a wild piece of coast, which has the power to change its visitors. Twenty-year-old Zillah loves and knows it well: this year she arrives in search of solace, after a disturbing episode overseas. Here at Roimata, she hopes to meet Joseph: her love of two summers. But this year there is no welcome; she has to keep moving upriver.
Walking into the heart of the West Coast bush, Zillah wants to turn her back on a time she’d sooner forget. But relentless memory, and the five men she meets up the rugged valley, force her to confront what haunts her. What light can four strangers – and the enigmatic Joseph – shed on Zillah’s disquieting past?
Bewitchingly evocative of its wilderness setting, and the heat of Spain, Zillah is a spellbinding, psychological thriller. Exquisite, astute, affecting, the novel brings the ‘Watermark Trilogy’ to a rich conclusion.
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Reviewers Comments...
'A carefully crafted and thoughtful book which one reads with admiration.' - Around the Bookshops - August 2007 'this is a beautiful story in which all who love reading will delight.’ - Otago Daily Times, 2007 ‘Beautifully crafted, this evocative novel lingers in the mind.’ - Reading Time, August 2007
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NZ Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults – 2008 Finalist, Young Adult Fiction Category Click here to read Judges Report comments
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