Title: Zillah
Description: Zillah revisits her special hideaway, Roimata, on the West coast, as she tries to absorb the trauma of a blighted working holiday in Spain, and clarify her feelings for her friend Joseph. When she seeks temporary refuge in a hut she must also cope with the rough basics of living in the bush, and endure the company of some testing strangers. Suggested level: secondary.
Subjects: Fiction, Coming of age, Self-perception, Interpersonal relations, Identity
Places: West Coast (N.Z.)