Tomorrow all will be beautiful by Bridget Lowry
Allen
and Unwin; ISBN 9781741751604; 2007; p/b; 174pp
(Age Middle Secondary) A collection of poems and short stories
woven around the theme of relationships.
The variety of writing within the book could be used to spark a number
of writing activities for students, eg, poetry, alphabet and comments
under different topics - the one in the book is on girls names, letter
or email writing. There are comparisons too – the one in the book uses
the topic 'there are two kinds of people'.
So, while the book could easily be read and enjoyed as the collection
of writings, I kept being enthused by the different activities I could
use so many of the pieces for with students.
Sue Johnston, Marden Education Centre Library
Note: Shortlisted for the New Zealand Post Book Awards 2008 for Young
Adult Fiction.