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Choices
by Dianne Wolfer
Price $17.95 
- About the Book
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‘Young adult fiction that manages to deal with a sensitive issue yet doesn’t thrust too much teenage anguish upon us … A story about change, agency and responsibility, with a pleasant mix of stylistic neatness and thematic uncertainty.’ — Sydney Morning Herald
‘This novel is written in a manner that is both honest and touching, as it does not attempt to give a fairy-tale ending and is extremely realistic.’ — Courier Mail
‘Wolfer paints both scenarios so convincingly that this book begs re-reading and discussion. For teenage boys and girls it should be compulsory reading.’ — The West Australian
‘… Dianne Wolfer has given honest, non-judgemental pictures ofthe consequences of two different courses of action.’ — Magpies
‘Wolfer writes with compassion and honesty, allowing the characters to tell their own story.’ — Reading Matters
Elisabeth’s hand trembled as she lifted the jar of warm liquid. She took a deep breath and poured it over the plastic tester. Then, the blue lines appeared. Elisabeth stared at the tester and knew that now she had to make a choice. Libby or Beth. Pregnant or not.
Elizabeth has to make the choice of her life. Seventeen and pregnant: does she sacrifice her dreams for a baby, or do something she’s not sure she can live with? Under pressure from her parents, she’s juggling a boyfriend she’s not sure she can trust, a best friend she keeps pushing away and her own indecision. Something’s got to give. It’s the hardest year she’s ever faced — what choice will she make?
- Categories
- Young Adult, Award Winning
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd
- Publisher
- Fremantle Press
- Awards
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Short listed, Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature, 2001
Short listed, West Australian Young Readers’ Award, 2002 - ISBN13
- 978 1 921 361 562
- HB/PB
- Paperback
- Format
- B Format (198 x 128mm)
- Pages
- 240
- Other Editions
- Teaching Notes
- CHOICES TEACHING NOTES WEB.pdf
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From the Catalogue
Wilderness Society Award
Congratulations to Sally Morgan whose book The Last Dance won the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Meg McKinlay and Kyle Hughes-Odgers were also shortlisted in the same category for Ten Tiny Things