Beale, Fleur.

I am not Esther / Fleur Beale. - Dunedin, N.Z. : Longacre Press, 2000. - 159 pages ; 20 cm.

Novel for young adults. When Kirby's mother tells her she is going away for two years, and is leaving her with relatives she's never heard of, it is every teenage girl's nightmare. These relatives are members of a closed religious sect. They have no television, radio, newspapers or mirrors and Kirby must wear long, modest clothes and behave in a 'Godly' way, or else. They even give her a new biblical name, Esther. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary. New Zealand author. Originally published: Dunedin: Longacre Press, 1998.

1999 NZ Post Children's Book Awards - Honour Award.

9781877135484 (pbk.) 1877135488 (pbk.)


Fundamentalism--Fiction.
Cults--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept)--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Religion--Fiction.
Adoption--Fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Sects--Teenage fiction.
Cults--Teenage fiction.
Cults--Young Adult Fiction.--New Zealand


Young adult fiction, New Zealand.
Teen fiction.