First Impressions and Other Teen Fiction Stories

11 teen-fiction stories from the Born Storytellers of 2011 from Beechboro Christian College, Cornerstone Christian College, Murdoch College, Margaret River Independent School, Penrhos College, Riverlands Montessori School.Kids writing for Kids reading: suits readers 9-14 years.Contains the following titles:In First Impressions, Oliver's difficulty to face up to imperfection in others comes to a head when he learns that the girl of his dreams has cancer.Illusions of Perfection cannot be avoided when a young man calls on Grace to ask her to marry him, but she struggles to give him a truthful answer.Un-escaping Danger finds Bianca in Chinatown after running from an abusive father only to find her troubles have not been left behind.In On Top of the World, Michelle gets a scare when her best friend's daughter is found on the roof of a fortyeight storey apartment block.The Lost Ring tells how the theft of Bella's only memento of her mother, a cherished wedding ring that she wears on a necklace, brings two lifetime enemies together.A young orphaned girl in Safe For Now is pursued for stealing a slice of bread, her fate inevitable. Yasmine's Cancer has returned and her friend, Sarah, battles to understand the illness and its effect on those around her.A broken Fairytale, and a fairytale teenage love is shattered by deceit, crime and drugs, leaving a hole in Eleanor's heart that she struggles to mend.In Poptartsgracejuliette, a girl with a missing father and an alcoholic mother is kidnapped by men who want to find her father.When Gemma is given a ticket to a rock concert, she had no idea it would be The Ticket to Trouble, especially when it comes to deciding who to take with her.Walked Away-the only choice she had when a girl witnessed the brutal initiation of a new student to the school.