COMP CLOSED | Book Giveaway | Koro’s Star

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We are very pleased to be giving away three copies of Claire Aramakutu’s book ‘Koro’s Star’, to our GrownUps members.

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About Koro’s Star 

Winner of the 2023 Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award, Koro’s Star is a  heart-warming, exciting adventure story set in the 1960s for children aged 9+

It’s the beginning of the summer holidays in 1967 when 10-year-old Atama moves with his family into a new army base. His father, Atama’s hero, departs for Vietnam, asking Atama to look after his mum and his younger sister, Maia, while he’s away.

Atama is nervous about making friends at the new camp, so his dad leaves a surprise under his pillow: Koro’s 1939–1945 star medal, handed down to Dad after his own father died during World War Two. Atama finds new friends, but has to undergo an ‘initiation’ to become part of their club. Wearing Koro’s medal around his neck, Atama hopes it will give him courage … but is unprepared for what lies ahead, deep in the tunnels beneath the army base.

Claire Aramakutu’s writing evokes a strong sense of time and place with well-defined, realistic characters that readers will readily identify and empathise with. It has themes of bullying, acceptance, friendship and family ties. The story celebrates the strong bonds between father and son, and has a slight touch of the supernatural.

Claire Aramakutu’s passion for writing began with a love of reading. From the age of ten, with a torch in hand, Claire would hide under her bedcovers and read in secret, late into the night. In her late twenties, she decided to take writing seriously. During her subsequent time at Massey University, she won seven excellence awards, completing Graduate Diplomas in Media Studies & Creative Writing. In 2023, Claire won the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award for an original junior novel manuscript. Claire lives at Burnham in the South Island of New Zealand with her husband, four children and two cats, who closely supervise Claire while she writes.

 

 

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    1. You must be a GrownUps member and receive our newsletter to be eligible to win.
    2. Competition closes on the 27th March 2024, winners will be notified via email by 28th March 2024.
    3. It is your responsibility to ensure you correctly enter a New Zealand postal address where the prize can be sent. GrownUps will not take responsibility for prizes sent to incorrect addresses.
    4. Winners are drawn at random by the GrownUps administration team.
    5. GrownUps employees and family are not eligible to enter.
    6. By entering the giveaway, you approve for GrownUps to use your name on social media as winner of the competition.
    7. One entry per household.
    8. Prize in non transferrable.
    9. You must reside in New Zealand – the prize can only be redeemed within New Zealand.
    10. You must be over 50 years of age to enter, please check your details are correct in your membership dashboard.