Awatea's Secret

Awatea and his brother Tai are staying with their nan and pop on the farm. It's summer, and

they're free to explore. They're also helping spruce up Mrs Carol's house and shed, which Nan

and Pop inherited, because the aunties are coming to stay. There's always been a mystery

around Mr Carol, who disappeared. Uncle Kim says he came to a sticky end. But in the shed,

Awatea finds an old satchel with some coins, a notebook, some receipts and two envelopes

that make him think differently. With the help of old Mr Willoughby, Awatea pieces together

what happened to Mr Carol when he came back from the war, why he suddenly left one day

in secret and where he went