Children of the Mist : A Silver Fern Story of New Zealand

By: Paul Robert Ingram

-NEW ZEALAND MAORI tribesmen wait in tense silence as the enemy approaches. These Maori soldiers must slow the Nazi blitzkrieg to save two retreating armies. -FOUR TEENS GROW UP in the 1930s during another battle-to save the Maori way of life from being swallowed by New Zealand society. Two share their elders' distrust of all non-Maori "pakeha." The third is looked down upon as a sickly outcast. The fourth is a pakeha herself, who wants friends and acceptance. The four develop a bond of love that transcends prejudice. "Children of the Mist" gets to know the heroic soldiers and their teenage selves as Patara and Maiki become warriors and Roka and Moira find their places as women in Maori society. Here is a lifestyle that has largely disappeared and life values that are still cherished. Military sections rely heavily on the extensive memoirs of the 28th Maori Battalion. As Christian fiction, the story looks at reasons for Maori resistance to Christian faith. "Children" presents accurate history of the 1930s and the beginning of World War II. It also is a story for young people, who can identify with Patara, Roka, Maiki, and Moira as they face crises and change. This epic story also shares the struggle of an interracial love story. Paul Robert Ingram also wrote "The Mark" (Amazon, 2013). This novel is set in a backdrop of farm and hobo life at the start of the Great Depression in the U.S.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1494981955
• ISBN13: 9781494981952
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"