reviewed by Jude Dragh
I found The Haystack is a sad but interesting book.
The author, Jack Lasenby, based this story in Waharoa, a town in the Waikato where he grew up.
It is set in the 1930's, when New Zealand was in The Great Depression, and there was a lot of unemployment. Maggie is a 12 year old girl, and the story is about her growing up without her mother.
For me, the best part of this book was its ending. Because the story was so sad in the beginning, the ending resolved the story and left me with a hopeful mood, glad that Maggie got to learn the life lessons that she needed to.
I recommend this book to confident Year 5 readers and older, both boys and girls.
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