Theme: High schools

Skate Fate

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

I wanted to roar out touch things i had never touched. to see if it was true. was i still here was this life still here. on this side. whatever you call it dude. wanted to touch everything like van Gogh touched and smeared everything when he painted. so i wrote it and spoke it. [...]

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Does My Head Look Big In This?

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 6, 2007

Year Eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith without losing her identity or sense of style.

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Kalpana’s Dream

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 2, 2007

While an English class of 7B students at Wentworth High in Australia struggle with a six-week essay assignment answering, “Who am I.” one child’s great-grandmother arrives unexpectedly from India to follow her dream.

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The Murder Of Bindy MacKenzie

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 29, 2007

Class brain Bindy Mackenzie has alienated her entire high school but when she realizes someone is trying to kill her, she has to make friends in order to get help.

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