Underground Explorers
To most of us, the caving trips of Marcus Thomas sound like crazy endurance tests.
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Series: School Journal Level 4 May 2015
Reading year level: 8
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: alpine caving, Bulmer Cavern, caving, conservation, environment, explorers, geology, Kahurangi National Park, limestone, Mount Owen, personal challenge, underground rivers, waterways
Underground Explorers
Words by Stephanie Chamberlin
Illustrations by Neil Silverwood
“To most of us, the caving trips of Marcus Thomas sound like crazy endurance tests.”
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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 7Mata i Pusi
“I was all mixed up like a fruit salad …”
2 of 7The Promise
Five kids in a bunker have a crucial decision to make.
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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