Surfing for Wayan

<p>Seven stories six unique settings many divergent themes and characters.</p><p>Seventeen-year-old Jacob returns to Bali in ‘Surfing for Wayan’. Once terrified of surfboards he’s there to surf wild for four people including his brother killed in the 2002 Bali bombing.  </p><p>In ‘Summits’ Lhotse speaks by cell phone to her father who’s dying in a blizzard on Mount Everest. Three months later she walks up Nepal’s Everest Track to view that mountain and share her thoughts. </p><p>A young Afghan reflects on the event that spurred him into becoming a suicide bomber in ‘Remembering Nurila’.  </p><p>In ‘Tunnelling Cu Chi’ a Tasmanian boy a Vietnamese-Australian girl and an American war veteran meet on a tour of Vietnam’s infamous Cu Chi Tunnels. Each is there to resolve their Vietnam War issues.</p><p>In ‘Another Door’ a friendship develops between a panic-struck girl going for her first driver’s licence and an old widower who’s obliged to renew his licence annually. </p><p>During the bombing of Baghdad a young Iraqi-Australian boy struggles to make sense of media headlines in the prize-winning ‘Sandy Heads’.</p><p>After his granddad dies in ‘Fishing Manhattan’ a boy learns that places change and it’s important to love what you have. </p><p>For readers of ages 12 to 112.</p>