{"id":7,"date":"2012-09-23T00:55:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T00:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dramamagic.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2016-02-26T17:32:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T04:32:42","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dramamagic.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scroll Down to view published books by Susan Battye of Drama Magic Ltd<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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My NZ Story: Cup Magic<\/em><\/strong>
\nby Susan Battye<\/div>\n
ISBN 9781775430285<\/div>\n
Mike Lucas wants to know why he\u2019s being sent to live with his grandparents. There\u2019s some big secret that no one\u2019s telling him. At least Poppa is teaching him and his mate Hone to sail. But then Mike learns the reason for the secrecy: his parents are working with the Team New Zealand boat builders for the 1995 America\u2019s Cup challenge. And then he finds out that the whole family is going to San Diego! Everyone is wearing their lucky red socks and excitement is feverish \u2026 can Black Magic bring home the Cup?Mike\u2019s fictional diary, providing background information on Team NZ\u2019s 1995 challenge, will appeal to boys and girls as we gear up for this year\u2019s America\u2019s Cup regatta.
\n(For ages 10+ years)<\/div>\n
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1 Mar 2010<\/div>\n
JUNIOR FICTION FINALIST IN THE NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN\u2019S BOOK AWARDS 2010<\/div>\n
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My Story: The Mine\u2019s Afire!<\/em>
\nSusan Battye & Thelma Eakin<\/strong><\/div>\n
Scholastic New Zealand
\nISBN 978-1-86943-887-6 pb RRP $17.99
\nTarget age 10+<\/div>\n
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Tommy Carter is a typical boy living in the West Coast mining community of Dobson in 1896, looking forward to the day when he will leave school and get a job. He\u2019s not keen to follow his Uncle Fred down into the Brunner mine, with its hardships and ever-present danger. One terrible day, Tommy\u2019s worst fears come true when an explosion rips through the mine.<\/p>\n

This fictional diary records the tragedy, heroism and bitter aftermath of New Zealand\u2019s worst ever industrial disaster.<\/p>\n

Available from Wheelers<\/a>\u00a0Books<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/td>\nSusan Battye<\/strong> and Thelma Eakin<\/strong> are both interested in drama and social history, particularly the history of the West Coast. When they realised that their students didn\u2019t know much about their local history, Susan and Thelma wrote a community-based play called The Shadow of the Valley<\/em>, which was first performed in 1977. From this play came the idea to write about the event from the point of view of a boy caught up in a mining disaster that affected not just the local people but the whole colony.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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