Astromancer 1: The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki by Witi Ihimaera (9780143776154)

Description - Astromancer 1: The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki by Witi Ihimaera

Welcome to the realm of the Astromancer - lore-master of the stars...
An award-winning adventure story in chapters with stunning illustrations, bringing the Matariki legends to life as they've never been experienced before!

Join the Astromancer on her quest to find apprentices with the necessary gifts to ensure a good relationship with the Matariki gods. Her youngest apprentice, Aria, has a talent for breaking the rules that endangers her whole tribe, but she also has the potential to save it...

'An epic fantasy quest' - Magpies
'Chock full of danger, heroes, old wisdom and new blood' - NZ Herald

The Astromancer is looking for four new apprentices to learn about Matariki and the Maramataka calendar. She chooses three boys and an orphan girl, Aria, who will come only if she can bring her smelly dog.

Aria is bored by the lessons and doesn't want to be told what to do.

But these are dangerous times, and Ruatapu the Ravenous is about to threaten the safety of the whole tribe. Will Aria step up to save them?

This is the exciting first instalment in a trilogy of thrilling, large-scale illustrated chapter stories exploring legends of Aotearoa and Polynesia.

Read them all!
#2 Aria and the Kumara God
#3 Aria and the Monster Island

Also available in te reo Maori as Te Kokorangi.

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