He Uo ma Mateo

A Friend for Mateo

Level 1

Fiction

Dot Meharry

Mateo has just moved to New Zealand from Samoa. At the park, while Mateo watches the children riding their scooters, a boy (Zane) stops to say “hello” and offer Mateo a turn on his scooter. Afterwards, Mateo invites Zane to lunch with him and his mami.