The hostages /
by Bill O'Brien ; photographs by Dean Zillwood.
- 24 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Suggestions for teachers also available. "Based on the accounts of the victims and police who were involved in an actual hostage drama"--Cover verso.
Describes police procedure when after an armed robbery at a pharmacy in Auckland, the gunman hijaks a van then takes people hostage in a florist shop. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
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