Knock Down Ginger: A YA Contemporary Short Story

by Cara Ward

For years, one word has followed her.

Ginger.

Not her name. Not who she is. Just the label that follows her through every school corridor, every whispered conversation, every lonely day, until she no longer knows where the bullying ends and she begins.

On her fifteenth birthday, she’s convinced the only way to escape is to become someone else. But a chance encounter with the boy next door leads to an unexpected promise – one that neither of them could have imagined would change both their lives.

Knock Down Ginger is a heartfelt YA contemporary short story about identity, courage, and first love from the author of Thirty-Minute Tales.

37 pages, ebook

About the author

Cara Ward is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. She began writing in 2013 while recovering from the iatrogenic condition Topical Steroid Addiction, an experience she later documented in Curing My Incurable Eczema.

A prolific short story writer, she published her first collection, Thirty-Minute Tales, and is currently working on volume two.

Originally from London, she has lived in Hampshire since 2022.

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Reviews

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good short story. I only wish it had a continuation.

[Sue :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bulling.

I have to wonder if it will ever stop. This is a sweet story about a girl with red hair and how she learns to love it.