Steven Herrick

"I hate that wall Everytime I go for a bike-ride Mum says, "Stay within the walls". So I ride around in circles, Like a circus animal. It's a prison. A prison for kids." Dumb things become important when you're old. At least that's what Tom reckons like living in a guarded gate community, filling the three spare rooms with a bottle top collection or secretly belly dancing while everyone's out. When Tom meets Cleo the snake charmer, together they break-out,...

"A captivating story of tender new friendship and self-discovery from the author of Kissing Annabel "How about we toss a coin? Heads, it's west and a lift. Tails, it's still west, but no lift." James is heading into the country on his first teacher-training round when a mysterious girl asks him for a ride. Sophie has him all worked out: "You live with your parents and they bought you this car, and a very nice car it is too." At first James can't see...

Jack is sixteen. He's obsessed with the beautiful Annabel, the ghost of his mother, and nose hair.'I have just written a great poemA Classic.One that's so goodUniversity Professors willread it, badly,in front of hundreds of studentstwenty yearsafter I dieto prove to the worldwhat a jewelwhat a giftwhat a gemI gavewhat a poet I was.'Love Ghosts and Nose Hair is a bitter sweet comedy written in verse for young adults.--Provided by the publisher.