Cirrus@Austlit

'"Why did he have to die?" I asked mum while we ate. "I miss him so much."

'Karen is still trying to come to terms with the death of her father. She loves her mum a lot, but then her mother becomes a teacher at her school.

'"What if my classmates laugh at her? What if they laugh at me!?"

'Then along comes Brendan, the cutest guy in the school and everything changes.

'The 'Fernwood Secondary College' series is written by secondary college students. Bronwyn Gregory had just turned seventeen when she wrote this story.'  (Publication summary)

''Then one of the boys lost his balance after being hit and he fell. Right on top of me. And that's all I remember.'

'Ferny Gap is a small town. Friends and families are divided by the question of logging.

'How could Rachael and Josh face each other at school when their families were so divided over the issue? And what of Rachael's new-found friendship with Hamish. How would that be affected by the divisions in the town.

'The 'Fernwood Secondary College' series is written by secondary college students. Megan Lanigan had just turned seventeen when she wrote this story.'  (Publication summary)