NON-FICTION FINALIST
Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero
Paul Little & John Lockyer
Puffin Books
ISBN 978-0-14330-457-9 pb RRP $25.00
Target age 10+
From his amazing childhood growing up on New Zealand’s East Coast, to his favourite pig-hunting adventures and the people that inspired him along the way, this is the story of Willie Apiata, VC – an ordinary Kiwi bloke, a very reluctant hero.