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2009 Longlist

Rocking Horse Road

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

The body of a teenage girl is found on the beach in the days leading up to Christmas, 1980. It’s an event that makes a huge impact on all those who live along Rocking Horse Road, which runs through the Spit, a long “finger of bone-dry sand” between the ocean and the estuary. It’s an event that for one hot summer brings together a group of fifteen-year-old boys and then keeps them linked for the rest of their lives.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Carl
Nixon

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

A powerful novel about coming of age the loss of innocence and how some things can influence the rest of our lives.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
New Zealand
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Random House New Zealand

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