Dawn Raid
Pauline Vaeluaga Smith
In mid-1970s New Zealand, twelve-year-old Sofia, who is Samoan and white, prepares for a regional speech contest after a successful classroom talk about herself. Seeking a subject that matters to her, she learns from her brother about the Polynesian Panthers, a community-support and activist group opposing dawn raids on Pacific Islanders. Sofia discovers that the raids target people whose visas have expired but are racially focused. Her diary-recorded story brings together family, friendship, activism, and social justice.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.
