Cry of the Taniwha by Des Hunt
Junior Fiction
Cry of the Taniwha is a really exciting mystery featuring Matt and Eve, both 13 years old, and Jackson, who wants to be a gang member.
The adventure is set is Whakarewarewa, the thermal area in Rotorua. The book also refers to the Tarawera Eruption in 1886 because something that happened then effects the story.

I thought that this book is a great story which kept me so interested that I wanted to read the whole book in one night.
I recommend this book for very mature Year 6 readers and those at Intermediate School.
I predict and hope that Cry of the Taniwha will win the Junior Fiction category because it is so good!