Erana James
Southland’s Home is a quirky, dark comedy set in rural Southland, 1972. Nell is a timid teenager who ends up a resident at a Home for disturbed young women… but why is she there? The last of its kind, the home is downtrodden and neglected, like the girls who inhabit it. As Nell navigates the politics and danger of her new surroundings, she must also confront what brought her there, and what will set her free. Southland’s Home is a tale of friendship, illness and recovery, all under one hormonal roof.
Laura Chant. 16, lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger. Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.
Jo is a scholarship student who arrives at Silver Creek for a year of character building at the wilderness campus of an exclusive girl's boarding school only to find herself in a dormitory of the most volatile and the most vulnerable students.
A coming of age story set in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1981, when the arrival of the South African rugby team sets off nationwide protests against apartheid and racism.
