Kele's Car
This humorous play, set in a Pasifika market, has a message about financial literacy.
About this resource
Series: Junior Journal 49 Level 2 2014
Reading year level: 3
Category: Fiction
Topics: play, buying, selling, market, money
Kele's Car
Words by Feana Tu‘akoi
Illustrations by Fraser Williamson
When Dad takes Kele and his older sister Vika to the market, Kele quickly spends his money and then sees something else he really wants but now can’t afford. Vika offers to buy it for him if he pays her back, but Dad points out that there might be more to this deal than Kele realises.
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