TY - BOOK AU - Beattie, Kath, TI - Charged with man's laughter: a novel for the young at heart SN - 9780473280345 U1 - NZ823.2 23 PY - 2014/// CY - [Dunedin] PB - [Kath Beattie] KW - New Zealand fiction KW - 21st century KW - local N2 - "The story is told by Poppet, the foster-parent's grand-daughter, a sassy, intelligent, little girl - nearly eight when the story begins - who has been raised as the grand-parent's child. Innocent as she is, Poppet has more insight, understanding and common-sense than the teenage foster boys, who also share the foster home. She is able to hold her own when trouble arises"--Back cover ER -