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Cape Town-based Honkiman Brings Mystery to Life
The mystery of the SS Waratah has fascinated everybody for over 100 years. The ocean liner that sailed from Durban harbour 101 years ago en route to Cape Town and England with 211 passengers and crew aboard vanished without a trace, with neither wreckage nor remains ever found. Cape Town-based author Marilyn Honkiman introduces the story to a whole new generation in her children’s book, The Mystery of the SS Waratah and the Avocado Tree. The story is aimed at children aged 9 to 13 and readers are encouraged to do their own research in libraries and on the Internet.
Honkiman’s interest in the story began when she lived in Durban’s Essenwood Road in the seventies. There was a huge avocado tree in their garden which produced fruit that could weigh up to a kilogram each, and were delicious. She puts two of the children in the book into the same house, and gives them the neighbour she had who tells them the story of the tree, just as he told her.
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- The Mystery of the SS Waratah and the Avocado Tree by Marilyn Honikman, illustrated by Brice Reignier
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EAN: 9780624048176
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