That Stubborn Seed of Hope
Author: Falkner, Brian
ISBN: 9780702259692
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 19mm
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
ISBN: 9780702259692
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 224
Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 19mm
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
