Mata i Pusi
“I was all mixed up like a fruit salad …”
About this resource
Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2015
Reading year level: 7
Category: Fiction
Topics: cats, family, identity, Pasifika, Sāmoa, supernatural
Mata i Pusi
Words by Sisilia Eteuati
Illustrations by Leilani Isara
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School Journal Level 4 May 2015
Inside this School Journal are four stories (Mata i Pusi; The Promise; Badge of Honou; and Fever), one poem (‘Afakasi Chameleon) and two articles (Underground Explorers; and Hakaraia: Warrior Peacemaker).
1 of 7The Promise
Five kids in a bunker have a crucial decision to make.
2 of 7Underground Explorers
To most of us, the caving trips of Marcus Thomas sound like crazy endurance tests.
3 of 7Hakaraia - Warrior Peacemaker
The life of an important Māori leader is remembered.
4 of 7Fever
She had been waiting so long – and now Carly has come.
5 of 7Badge of Honour
Isaac’s thrilled to be made school captain; his friend Tomasi isn’t so sure.
6 of 7‘Afakasi Chameleon
A creative and touching poem by Selina Tusitala Marsh that celebrates mixed ancestry.
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