Sixteen short stories from home-grown literary heroes, established contemporary authors, and award-winning emerging writers are brought together in this new collection. Exploring identity, activism awareness, coming-of-age, society, and family from the Aotearoa New Zealand perspective. Includes:
Foreword by Mandy Hager Baby Doll by Gina Cole Fitu by Lani Wendt Young Out of Zone by Rajorshi Chakraborti Tent on the Home Ground by Witi Ihimaera The Queen’s chain by Anahera Gildea The Lake and the River by Elsie Locke Effigies of Family Christmas by Owen Marshall Free as a bird by David Hill The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield Letters from Whetu by Patricia Grace A Good Boy by Frank Sargeson Days of Our Lives by J.P. Pomare the names in the garden by Tracey Slaughter Nineteen Seconds by Russell Boey Atul by Nithya Narayanan Gutting by Ting J. Yiu
Description
Home-grown literary heroes, established contemporary authors, and award-winning emerging writers have been brought together in this new short story collection. Sixteen stories have been selected specifically for New Zealand/Aotearoa secondary English classroom teaching, with stories exploring ideas about identity, activism awareness, coming-of-age, society, and family.