My Horrible Cousins

My Horrible Cousins
and other stories

by Goldie Alexander
available March 2009
(Teaching Solutions)

Teachers's Notes

A collection of eleven short stories of particular interest to girl readers aged 9–13, with accompanying notes for teachers.

Features

• Particularly timely, as it balances the recent interest given to encouraging boys to read, at the risk of neglecting writing for girls
• Features girls as the main characters — girls who are strong and resourceful, girls overcoming adversity, solving problems, being determined, being passionate about causes
• The stories are diverse: written in first person/third person, with real characters and varied settings