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Success of the Margaret Mahy Award "Some rivers shouldn't be swum in. Some streams maintain secrets that can't ever be told." Te Arepa can be an adventurous Maori guy, bound to the history, customs and rituals of his people. Yet when he comes upon a giant eel while sportfishing, he is convinced the creature is a taniwha, or normal water demon, and practices it. Yet what Te Arepa sees in the river is very good different, a lot more sinister. And it will change his life permanently. Te Arepa is definitely interested in experiencing life beyond his tribe. His needs seem awarded when he is awarded a scholarship or grant at a esteemed boarding school, far away from the Maori. Abandoning his family and their practices, Te Arepa pieces out to find a strange new world with customs of its own...as well as new foes. When he finds university, Te Arepa sees the flexibility and everything it offers intoxicating. But to squeeze in, he realizes that he must shed his identity, culture, and even his name. And he comes to realize that the actual water demon revealed him in the darkness of the river that day improved him, which freedom comes with a heavy price.
