Write Off Line: Teenagers are an Alien Species

by Piper Mejia (Editor), Lee Murray (Editor)

Teenagers are among us. Abducted, then transformed, the males are dangerous game-playing geeks, tormenting their families with their Goth girlfriends and ridiculously loud music. The females are Barbies with cars on their hearts, who ribbon their wrists and think oh, but the clothes are worth it. And yet, before they are dragged inexorably downward, teen aliens long for warm desert storms, for time-travelling Mitsubishis and the beautiful haze of carbon and dreams...

Write Off Line 2013 is a collection of stories and poems by New Zealand secondary school students. We had hoped for a glimpse of the teenage condition through their own eyes, and discovered instead that the view from there is a kaleidoscope…

114 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Piper Mejia · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic collection of prose and poetry by New Zealand secondary school students covering a range of interpretations of why teenagers are so strange from a young person's point of view. Lots of humour, well worth reading out loud.