That Stubborn Seed of Hope
Author: Falkner, Brian
ISBN: 9780702259692
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year first published: 03 Jul 2017
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
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: 03 Jul 2017
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
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.
