Aspiring it shames our past

it shames our past

to working with child sexual abuse

The return of a legendary New Zealand book

as well as forestry and flower production

‘Will leave you both laughing and longing for a time when boyhood was one grand adventure’ — Chris Reed

Aspiring it shames our pastAn engaging, funny and moving novel about a boy trying to make sense of it all Winner of the Young Adult Fiction Award at the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Fifteen year old Ricky lives in Aspiring, a town thats growing at an alarming rate. Rickys growing, too 67, and taller every day. But hes stuck in a loop: student, uncommitted basketballer, and puzzled son, burdened by his familys sadness. And whos the weird guy in town