By Alesh Sukha

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 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.

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.

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 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.

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

1. lives in the city 2. Collects rubbish 1. travels 2. Has had over 80 occupations 1. Male 1. Male 2. Men 3. They both 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

Wild Pork and Watercress PlusMinusInteresting 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 Scrapwagon PlusMinusInteresting 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

Fred PlusMinusInteresting 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

Scrapwaggon WordMeaningPage 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

Thank you for reading this I hope you now want to go get these books from the library Hope you enjoyed it Good-bye