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1920s: The story of Tom Pook and what happens when he’s left to look after his seven brothers and sisters for a week…
Salt River
What you need to know before your trail
Tom Pook is growing up in the 1920s in a one-room house hidden in the roadless backwaters of New Zealand’s Kaipara Harbour.
At fourteen he can neither read nor write, but he’s tough and capable and, when his parents head north for a week, they leave him in charge of his seven younger brothers and sisters.
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A) Kaipara Harbour - a view
A) Kaipara Harbour - a view
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Salt River
Author/ Guide: Elizabeth Hegarty Destination: Kaipara Harbour Departure Time: 1920s
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