Edge, a Cut of the Unreal: Short Stories for Teenagers
Full details for this title
| Interest Age |
13-18 years |
| Reading Age |
13-18 years |
| NBS Text |
Young Adult Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
Young adult |
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| Number of Pages |
128 |
| Dimensions |
Not specified |
| Weight |
Not specified - defaults to 600g |
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| Dewey Code |
823.2 |
| Catalogue Code |
35790 |
Description of this Book
The sixteen stories in this collection are about teenagers in real time in realistic places faced with not so realistic situations. The unreal takes the form of ghosts, heightened perception, elements of science fiction, and the humorous and not so humorous effects of technology. Some stories may put the reader 'on edge' but all will provoke thought and will entertain. After each story is a narrative back story which provides insight into how the author got her ideas. For each story there are ten questions suitable for the English classroom including two for class discussion and creative writing and eight for written critical response.
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Author's Bio
Martha Morseth came to New Zealand from the United States with her husband and two daughters in 1972. She taught at Dunedin high schools until 2000. She has written feature articles, essays, short stories and poems that have appeared in popular magazines and literary journals. Her first book of stories for teenagers, Yeah! was published in 2002, as was Staying Inside the Lines, a collection of her poems. A book of three plays for the English classroom, entitled Let's Hear it for the Winner, was published in 2003. Martha has had three one-act plays produced, and in 2007 The Trials and Tribulations of Emily, a full-length play about New Zealand's first woman doctor, was staged by St Hilda's Collegiate School.
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