“Face Value”

This short short story was published in ‘NZ Collection of Short Stories’ 1998 published by Tandem Press.

It was used as a text in New Zealand’s NCEA high school English exams in 2003 along with ‘Whale Rider’ by Nicki Caro as an example of New Zealand fiction around peer pressure and stereotyping of people. https://tepuna.on.worldcat.org/oclc/40218153

Another 100 NZ Short Short Stories – Christchurch City Libraries