That Stubborn Seed of Hope
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A collection of gripping short stories themed around fear and hope written by internationally acclaimed children's author Brian Falkner.
A boy helps his sister disguise her birthmark on her first day of school.
A seventeen-year-old awakens to find himself trapped in an elderly body.
A teenage girl discovers her boyfriend has a life-threatening virus the day after they share their first kiss.
A high school student tries to communicate to his hospitalised brother who is in a vegetative state.
Brian Falkner serves up bite-sized tales of fear - fear of rejection, fear of dying, fear of disease, fear of the unknown, fear of exclusion, fear of being caught and fear of embarrassment - showing how that stubborn seed of hope hungers our darkest moments.
Author: Brian Falkner
Format: Paperback, 224 pages, 129mm x 197mm, 194 g
Published: 2017, University of Queensland Press, Australia
Genre: Children's Fiction
Description
A collection of gripping short stories themed around fear and hope written by internationally acclaimed children's author Brian Falkner.
A boy helps his sister disguise her birthmark on her first day of school.
A seventeen-year-old awakens to find himself trapped in an elderly body.
A teenage girl discovers her boyfriend has a life-threatening virus the day after they share their first kiss.
A high school student tries to communicate to his hospitalised brother who is in a vegetative state.
Brian Falkner serves up bite-sized tales of fear - fear of rejection, fear of dying, fear of disease, fear of the unknown, fear of exclusion, fear of being caught and fear of embarrassment - showing how that stubborn seed of hope hungers our darkest moments.
That Stubborn Seed of Hope