As soon as she saw it, Miro Mananui knew what it was. An owl, its cryptic colors flaring with the dawn. Who has the owl come for? Whose name has it cried out to Miro Mananui the Matua of the village of Waituhi? In Whanau II, many lives and many stories intersect. The passionate Mattie Jones bears a horrifying secret; Tama Mananui makes the most of an arranged marriage with a woman twenty years older; Nani Paora holds the key to the past and a history filled with bloodshed; and his grandson Pene may well be the key to the future. Pita Mahana’s attempts to reinstate the past set in train events that lead to the return of the owl for its victim.
- ISBN: 9780790008936
- Author: Ihimaera, Witi
- Published: 2004 , Reed
- Themes: life and death, marriage, Owl, Secret
- Descriptors: Fiction, New Zealand, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 170