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Feb 14, 2010 · Fishtailing tells the story of a troubled teenager’s impact on three fellow Vancouver high school students over the course of one rainy autumn and winter. The teen in question is Natalie, a beautiful, provocative girl given to drama and self-harm who quickly draws Tricia, Kyle, and Miguel into her personal vortex.
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Sep 1, 2010 · A beautiful, inevitable trainwreck: Phillips writes a siren song that lures you to the rocks that were visible from the earliest pages, leaving blood in the water and a single ray of sunshine to warm those left weeping aboard what remains of the ship.
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Age Range: 15-17. Review: Told through the perspectives of six different people in a free verse format, Fishtailing by Wendy Phillips is the story of three teenagers all caught up in the games of one young woman with severe issues of her own.
Feb 24, 2017 · Wendy Phillips. Told through the poems and assignments of four high school students during their English class, Fishtailing is a story of bullying, teen violence and the struggle to fit in —...
Nov 20, 2019 · Through a series of poems written for English class, interspersed with teacher comments and letters to and from parents, high school students Natalie, Tricia, Kyle, and Miguel describe their lives. Poems. Governor General's Literature Award winner, 2010.
Fishtailing. Wendy Phillips. Coteau Books, 2010 - Juvenile Fiction - 196 pages. Teen violence, bullying and the burning quest to fit in are presented in the poems of four unforgettable high...
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Feb 14, 2010 · Wendy began her first novel at the age of 11, climbing the hills behind her hometown of Kamloops, B.C. to scribble in notebooks. Her love for words has led her into jobs as a journalist, a bookbinder, an English teacher and a high-school teacher-librarian.
