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    Josefa and the Vu
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    Josefa and the Vu

    By Tulia Thompson

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    When Josefa is met by a giant mysterious warrior claiming to be an ancestral guardian spirit, everything gets chaotic. Meanwhile Jack Bucksworth, the school bully, has stolen his family's sacred tabua and to get it back, Josefa and his friend Ming must embark on a terrifying adventure involving dangerous cliffs, cheeky brothers and eerie laughter. This gripping adventure story will appeal to children aged 7 - 12 years.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHuia Publishers
    Release dateAug 26, 2013
    ISBN9781869694678
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    • 4/5
      The shape of the plot is a standard dealing-with-school-bully one, but the elements that make it up are a lot of fun.

      The supernatural folk are as multicultural as the human cast: Josefa's Vu from Fiji battling the mostly-Scottish Cu Sith; Ming's dragon from China helping; and bully Jack's "Elenpi"s, New Zealand-ified brownies making mischief. Marama may not have her own spirit (or at least doesn't know it) but she brings her own iwi's knowledge and confidence to the problems the kids face. (And it's a nice, casual touch that she, rather than any blonde Pākehā, is described as "the prettiest girl in the school".)

      I also liked that, though Josefa's family doesn't play an active central role in the plot, they do play their parts and aren't relegated to being nothing but an obstacle to get around.