New Zealand AuthorBook

ReviewBarry CrumpBy Alesh Sukha

Contents

1. Biography

2. Wild porkAnd Watercress

3. Scrapwaggon

4. Fred

5. CharacterVenn Diagram

6. P.M.I Charts

7. P.M.I ChartsContinued

8 & 9. Words I Didn’t Know

10, 11 & 12. Picture Of the Main Settings

in Each Book Wild Pork and Watercress,

ScrapwaggonFred

13. Bibliography

14. Glossary

Barry Crump was born in 1935 and died in 1996 at the age of 61. He was married 5 times and had 9 sons and no daughters. Barry Crump is the sort

of person that you would call a real bushman.

Barry CrumpBarry Crump

Born

May 15, 1935(1935-05-15)Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand

DiedJuly 3, 1996 (aged 61)

Occupation Novelist

Barry Crump’s first novel was called ‘ A Good Keen Man ’. All

together his novels sold have reached to over 1 million. Barry was awarded a M.B.E for his services to

literature.

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Wild Porkand Watercress

With Ricky’s Auntie’s sudden death him and his Uncle Hec

take to the bush to escape from

the social welfare group and stop them

from taking Ricky away.

From the beginning to the end this book will

take you on an adventure of two

people slowly coming together with love and trust and becoming the

best of friends this story is set in the

Urewera country right here in new zealand.

There is no other book like it.

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Dinny then consults Watcher and tells him the problem the 2 men try everything to make her want to leave but soon she is doing the

some thing as her father...

She likes to help collect the old junk. The men

have now given up trying to get her out and

is now wanting her to stay to help

Scrapwagon

3

Dinny and Watcher are the best of mates and the city dustmen. Dinny’s yard is

full of old rubbish that could be useful or stuff he

just doesn’t want to take to the dump. Him and

Watcher also provide fillers illegally to people that need it. Nobody on the street likes dinnys yard

until Ashley moves in next door he ends up helping

and they start up a company. One day the unexpected happens

Dinny’s daughter turns up at his front door and asks to stay with him. Dinny decides that he has to because she is family.

Fred He has changed occupation over

80 times and decides to

travel to the south islands West Coast on search for an old work mate that went to

Tangaroa

This trip he takes will take him on adventure he’ll never forget on his Journey he encounters nice polite people like

Nobby Crocoran to snobby people like

Eggy the Nong

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1. lives

in the city2. Collects rubbish

1. travels

2. Has had over 80 occupations

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Ven Diagram

Ricky

Dinny Fred

1. Male

1. Male 2. Men 3. Theyboth go to work

1. Teen 2. Maori 3. Lives in the Urewera Country 4. Mainly in the country 5. Has to hunt to eat

1. Male

1. Male 2. Moved around a lot

P. M. ICharts

Wild Pork and WatercressPlus Minus Interesting•Set in New Zealand.•How they become the best of friends.

•Why they flee to the bush.

•The things you find in NZ’s bush.•The way it is written

ScrapwagonPlus Minus Interesting•Set in New Zealand.•The money they get from selling the old junk.•Dinny finds his daughter

•How unhygienic the yard is.

•They collect rubbish.•The way it is written•They are illegally doing something

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FredPlus Minus Interesting•Set in New Zealand.•Makes new friends

•He never finds his old work mate

•The way it is written•Fred has had over 80 jobs•The different things people do to make a living

P. M. ICharts

Continued

ScrapwaggonWord Meaning Page

Perks 1. Useful rubbish 11

Scrupulous 1. Conscientious and exact; painstaking.2. Having scruples; principled.

46

Eminently 1. Of high rank, station, or quality; noteworthy:2. Outstanding, as in character or performance; distinguished:3. Towering or standing out above others; prominent

70p

Matrimonial 1. The act or state of being married; marriage. 71

Verdict 1. Law The finding of a jury in a trial. 2. An expressed conclusion; a judgment or opinion:

95

A bob 1. A shilling. 101

Extrovert 1. Marked by interest in and behaviour directed toward others or the environment as opposed to or to the exclusion of self; gregarious or outgoing:

120

Premonition A presentiment of the future; a foreboding. A warning in advance; a forewarning.

139

Pessimistically A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view:The doctrine or belief that this is the worst of all possible worlds and that all things ultimately tend toward evil. The doctrine or belief that the evil in the world outweighs the good.

136

Cachinnating 1. To laugh hard, loudly, or convulsively; guffaw. 155

Words I Didn’t Know the Meaning Of

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Wild Pork and

Watercress

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Fred

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Thank you for reading this I hope you now want to go get these books from the library

Hope you enjoyed it

Good-bye