Conrad Cooper's Last Stand
Leonie Agnew
- Winner
- of
- the
- Esther
- Glen
- Medal
- for
- Junior
- Fiction
- 2015
- Storylines
- Notable
- Book
- Award
- 2015
-
- 'Conrad
- Cooper
- is
- the
- most
- lovable
- fictional
- character
- I
- have
- come
- across
- since
- Frankie
- Parsons
- in
- The
- 10pm
- Question
- .
- .
- .
- Agnew
- is
- an
- astounding
- writer
- .
- .
- .
- Everybody
- should
- read
- this,
- no
- matter
- what
- age.'
- Sarah
- Forster,
- We
- Love
- Books
- 'Agnew
- keeps
- the
- balance
- just
- right
- with
- humour
- and
- heart.'
- North
- &
- South
-
- 'The
- story
- has
- integrity
- .
- .
- .
- Agnew's
- characterisation,
- relationships
- and
- dialogue
- are
- spot-on,
- and
- very
- funny'.
- Judges'
- report,
- LIANZA
- Children
- and
- Young
- Adult
- Book
- Awards
- Dear
- Tane,
- I've
- never
- prayed
- to
- a
- god,
- so
- hope
- this
- is
- okay.
- If
- I
- get
- it
- wrong,
- don't
- strike
- me
- down
- with
- a
- thunderbolt
- or
- anything
- -
- I'm
- just
- a
- kid.
-
- Conrad
- Cooper
- needs
- a
- favour.
- He's
- just
- found
- out
- about
- Tane,
- the
- god
- of
- the
- forest,
- and
- he's
- decided
- that
- Tane
- is
- the
- perfect
- guy
- to
- solve
- his
- family
- problems.
- After
- all,
- the
- more
- high-profile
- gods
- probably
- have
- huge
- waiting
- lists,
- right?
- In
- return,
- Conrad
- will
- do
- anything
- to
- repay
- Tane,
- no
- matter
- how
- much
- trouble
- it
- causes.
- But
- will
- a
- Maori
- god
- listen
- to
- the
- prayers
- of
- a
- ten-year-old
- Pakeha
- boy?
- And,
- worse
- still,
- does
- Tane
- even
- exist?
- Set
- in
- 1978
- against
- the
- Bastion
- Point
- occupation,
- Conrad
- Cooper's
- Last
- Stand
- is
- junior
- fiction
- full
- of
- humour
- but
- with
- a
- powerful
- core.
- Award-winning
- author
- Leonie
- Agnew
- has
- created
- a
- surprising,
- brave
- and
- completely
- engaging
- novel
- for
- young readers.
