A collection of fresh, post-millennium short stories exploring a sense of awakening or of reaching a turning point. The stories are arranged in five themed sections: Colliding worlds; Growing up; Meetings with death; Home and school and The world of adults. The collection includes stories by Helen Dunmore, Jackie Kay, Matthew Kneale, Helen Simpson, Colm Toibin and Rose Tremain.

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge Collections .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Cambridge University Press .

David A. Hill has over 40 years' experience in the field of education. He is the author of several English language training books and teachers resource books, original short stories and poems.

This book has the following chapters: 1. Colliding worlds: Pills, Matthew Kneale; My Polish Teacher's Tie, Helen Dunmore; Coloured Lights, Leila Aboulela; Activities; 2. Growing up: When the Wasps Drowned, Clare Wigfall; Lentils and Lilies, Helen Simpson; Will's Story, Julia Green; Lilac, Helen Dunmore; A Summer Job, Colm Toibin; Activities; 3. Meetings with death: The Pearce Sisters, Mick Jackson; The Chain, Donald Paterson; Waving at Trains, Matthew Davey; The Dead Are Only Sleeping, Rose Tremain; The Scream, Echo Freer; Visiting Time, Emma Brockes; Activities; 4. Home and school: The Boy Who Fell Asleep, Mick Jackson; There's a Hole in Everything, Mark Illis; Tuesday Lunch, Leila Aboulela; Butterfly, Preethi Nair; Activities; 5. The world of adults: Seasons, Matthew Kneale; Peerless, Rose Tremain; The Beast, Philip O Ceallaigh; Blinds, Jackie Kay; The Tree, Helen Simpson; Activities; Notes on authors.