These sixteen stories by new and internationally-known writers reveal a rich diversity of story telling. They offer a variety of forms, settings, contexts, characters, themes and language in stories that are both accessible and challenging.

Authors include: R.K. Narayan, Beverley Naidoo, Mildred D Taylor, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Anita Desai.

Paperback 168pp

This book features in the following series: Longman Imprint Books, New Longman Literature 14-18 .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 168 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 1997 by Pearson Education Limited .

Beverley Naidoo is a South-African born writer and an educationalist. Apartheid prevented her and her Indian husband living in their country of birth, so they moved to Bournemouth, where Beverley is an Advisory Teacher for Cultural Diversity.