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by Beaulah Pragg

Whether escaping palaces and orphanages, or yearning for the comforts of a simple apartment or gipsy caravan, Heaton Intermediate students have explored what it means to leave home and the lengths that are sometimes required to find their way back. Delve into a collection of thirteen diverse short stories written by some of Heaton’s best year eight writers, all based on the theme of home. Stories The Hijacking - Charlotte Cotton | The Canary-Coloured Wagon - Heather Paget | The Camp - James Downing | To Love Someone - Juliana Chapman | Cedaric’s Mission - Molly Rochford | Lost & Found - Natasha Wensley | High Seas - Olivia Towns | One Boy One Mission - Samuel Kolawole | The Runaway Orphan - Sara Gillman | Jimmy Bills - Scarlett Kentish-Barnes | Seven Seashells - Sienna McEwan | Lottie - Sophia Watts | Jayei - Thesara Dissanayake

122 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 7, 2018

About the author

Beaulah is a New Zealand author who published her first young adult fantasy novel, The Silver Hawk, in 2010. Following this, she taught writing classes and supported many young people to publish their own short stories in a series of school anthologies.

Due to a shift in career focus to ecology and environmental science, Beaulah now uses the pen name Charli Kempton for all fiction writing, including stories set in the world established in the Silver Hawk.