Theme+-+Belonging

//Chinatown Girl: the diary of Silvey Chan, Auckland, 1942 // (My Story) //Willow tree and Olive // / Irini Savvides  //A thousand splendid suns // / Khaled Hosseini  //Looking for Alibrandi // / Melina Marchetta //On the Jellicoe Road // by Melina Marchetta, and belonging is one of the main themes in the book. In fact it talks about "belong = long to be" and it is the most amazing story! About a girl, Taylor Markham, who lives at a boarding school, and is voted leader, and has to run the territory wars against the Cadets and the Townies, while dealing with an absent mum and the person who she relied on most has disappeared too. //Jerk, California // by Jonathon Friesen. It is about Sam, a boy with Tourette’s who’s father left when he was two years old. His mother re-marries an awful man who tells Sam lies about why his father left and who threatens Sam’s mother if she talks about the past. He grows up feeling he doesn’t belong and is not worthy of anything good happening to him. He is ridiculed at school and at home because of his condition. When an ‘old Coot’ named George takes Sam in and gives him a job things begin to change for Sam especially when he finds out that this man knew his father. Sam falls for George’s grand-daughter who doesn’t seem to mind his twitching, grunting and jerking. Then George dies suddenly and leaves everything to Sam including a map which Sam must follow, staying with the people mentioned on it, all of whom knew Sam’s dad, until he gets to Jerk, California where all Sam’s questions about his father will be answered……. //Some of the following may apply //  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Andrewes, Georgina //Behind the waterfall// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Brooks, Martha //Bone dance// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Courtenay, Bryce //The power of one// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">D’Adamo, Frances //Iqbal// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Diamant, Anita //The red tent// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Ellis, Deborah //Parvana// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Gavin, Jamila //The wheel of Surya// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Gavin, Jamilla //The track of the wind// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Gregory, Kristina //The legend of Jimmy Spoon// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Hofmeyer, Dianne //The waterbearer// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Ishiguro, Kazo //A pale view of hills// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Laird, Elizabeth //A little piece of ground// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Johnson, Amryl //Sequins for a ragged hem// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Mah, Adeline Yen //Chinese Cinderella and the secret dragon society// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">McCormick, Patricia //Sold// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Mzamane, Mbulelo Vizikhungo //The children of Soweto// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Parini, Jay //The patch boys// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Sallis, Eva //Hiam// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Sijie, Dai //Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Tolbert, Steve //Stepping back// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Tolbert, Steve //Channeary// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Tolbert, Steve //Escape to Kalimantan// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Yep, Lawrence //Mountain light// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Abe, Kobo //Beyond the curve// <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Jansson, Tove //A winter book// <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Number 2 <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Eating sausage (a short film re being Korean in NZ) <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #ff0000; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Belonging **
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 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Short stories **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Film **