LIfe of a Warrior Tree

Government Printery, Republic of Fiji. 2016. Trade paperback. Very good.. 95 p. Includes illustrations. . Wai is a young artist's attempt to imprint love, feelings and attachment towards mangroves. Mangroves play a very crucial role in our environment but are not appreciated. By personifying a little tree to a real-life her the writer tries to implore young hearts, as these will be the leaders of tomorrow. Children are very fond of cartoon characters and story book super heroes. Wai is a real life hero taken to the story book world to give it the same magical touch that it lives in the hearts of hundreds of children and out of those hundreds, one will protect it one day. Through Wai, the writer exposes the audience to the splendor of the sea and at the same time makes theme realize how the mangrove treeprovides to the magical sea world. Through this work of fiction, the writer tries to put forward a very powerful message of mangrove and ocean life conservation in the face of global warming.