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RYAN: In the headlights, I saw her face. Brown hair swinging as she turned to stare at us. Brown eyes stretched wide and startled. Then she hit the windscreen.
TARA: I heard a roaring, shuddering noise. I was in mid-air, arms and legs stretched out.
Then everything - the car, the guys, me - went rushing and shrinking together in a tiny glare of light, and I sank into the dark.
Ryan has just got his licence. He's in his car with his mates. Tara likes to go running. She's on her way back home. Neither of them is paying much attention…
The tragic accident that follows impacts many lives.
A moving and compelling story of recovery, told by one of New Zealand's foremost children's writers.
Every young adult who feels 10 feet tall and bullet proof when they get behind the wheel of a car should read Coming Back.
- Marlborough Express
About the author
David Hill is a distinguished New Zealand writer, best known for his award-winning novels for young people, which have been translated into several languages. Born in Napier, New Zealand, David studied at Victoria University of Wellington and became a high-school teacher, taking up writing full-time in 1982.
David has published more than 40 titles over the past three decades, winning many awards.
In 2004 David was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit and in 2005 he was awarded the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, acknowledging his significant contribution to children's literature in New Zealand.
Summary
Suitable for teenagers, this work tells the story of a boy and a girl, one the driver of a car - the other injured by the car in an accident. How they both recover from the ordeal is told through monologues, as they grow to understand the world in new ways.
