Like wallpaper
Subtitle: New Zealand short stories for teenagers
By: edited by Barbara Else
Publisher: Random House New Zealand
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781869416935
Subjects: New Zealand Young adult fiction; New Zealand Short stories; Short stories
Description: A collection 20 short stories written for teenagers. Looks at New Zealand teenagers from different backgrounds dealing with a range of emotions, difficulties, relationships, deaths and sometimes, love, with a humorous and care free attitude. Suggested level: secondary.
Table of contents: title: The meaning of elephants / James Norcliffe; title: Ashes / Renata Hopkins; title: Playing / Hugh Brown; title: How many people live in your house? / Peggy Dunlop; title: The unsaid things / Natasha Lewis; title: Deep waters / David Hill; title: Unaccompanied minor / Jane Westaway; title: Stage struck / William Davis; title: Glow-worms / Pat Quinn; title: Just imagine / David Hill; title: How to build a coffin / Lily O'Donovan; title: Mates / Fleur Beale; title: It's like, like / Renata Hopkins; title: One good reason / Peter Friend; title: Alphabetical destiny / Brigid Lowry; title: You know who / Jane Westaway; title: Friendly persuasion / David Hill; title: Like wallpaper / Carl Nixon; title: And after that, the dark / Bill Nagelkerke; title: Apple of my eye / Samantha Stanley.