2 Books by Anna Mackenzie
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Overview: Anna Mackenzie writes contemporary and speculative young adult novels. The Sea-wreck Stranger, the first volume of her ‘Seawreck Stranger’ trilogy, won an Honour Award at the 2008 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards, was joint winner of the 2008 Sir Julius Vogel Award and was awarded a prestigious White Raven Award for outstanding children’s literature. The book has been published in both Australia and France. Its sequel, Ebony Hill, was shortlisted in the Young Adult Fiction category of the 2011 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards. The final title of the trilogy Finder’s Shore was published in 2011. Anna’s other titles include High Tide, Shadow of the Mountain and Out on the Edge.She has been awarded five Children’s Literature Foundation Notable Book Awards. Anna lives on a farm in Hawkes Bay with her family. She works as a magazine editor and teaches creative writing.
Genre: Young Adult | New Zealand
Evie’s War: They offered up the innocence of a generation . . .
Evie is 18, straight out of school and excited by the prospect of a tour of Europe. Instead, she finds herself immersed in war; first in the Home Counties – where the young New Zealander is confronted not only by society’s restrictions and her family’s expectations, but by the burgeoning women’s rights movement – then as a VAD nurse tending injured soldiers in a local hospital. After personal tragedy changes the course of her life, Evie impulsively travels to Belgium, experiencing first-hand the shambolic horrors in a Casualty Clearing Station just 10 km behind the Front Lines. War, at first distant, becomes increasingly personal. When her health gives out, Evie returns to England and a new battle: that of meshing her hard won independence and experience with the still Edwardian attitudes of her family. From where can she find strength for love and the resilience to face the future?
Shadow of the Mountain: A gripping novel for young adults by an award-winning writer, dealing with grief and loss, coming of age and decision-making.’I want to climb a mountain and I need a guide.’ Geneva’s world has been blown apart by loss. Her brother has died in a climbing accident and her family is blown apart by grief. Maybe that’s why her decisions are not always the sharpest. One thing she knows: there’s no way back to the person she once was. She takes up rock climbing as she wants to climb the same mountain where her brother died – the mountain becomes a metaphor for all the other mountains she must climb. When Angus appears in her orbit it seems an omen that things are changing – but life is never that simple. In trying to find a way forward, Geneva risks her friendships, risks repeating the errors of the past, and even risks her life. But maybe there’s no other way to find the person she can be. This gripping novel for young adults by the award-winning Anna Mackenize deals with grief and loss, coming of age and decision-making. ‘A stunningly accurate and moving portrayal of grief – I am left with a deep admiration for Mackenzie’s powers as a writer.’
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