About the Author:
Sarah Johnson writes stories for young people and adults. Her books have received the Storylines Joy Cowley Award and Storylines Notable Book awards, and been shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
Sarah lives in Whaingaroa Raglan where she works from a studio in her garden. She is currently studying towards a PhD in Creative Writing through Auckland University of Technology and is on an ongoing journey to learn to surf.
Not A Babe is her first novel for young adults.
How can she keep her head down, when surfers’ lives are at stake?
Not a Babe
About this book:
Born to surf. Ready to fight.
Jerri keeps her head down in the surf-crazy town where she lives. Her father was a famous big wave surfer, remembered by the locals like surfing royalty. Now her brothers have inherited his crown.
Not Jerri! Out back, unnoticed with her best friend Frida is the only surf spot she wants to be. Even though she really rips.
But the tides are changing, and when a group of boys challenge Jerri and Frida to surf with them at a gnarly local break – too hard for girls, they reckon – Jerri surprises everyone by accepting their dare.
It’s a decision she quickly comes to regret.
How can she keep her head down, when surfers’ lives are at stake?
Review:
The surfing world feels novel and fresh, and there are some good themes in terms of the quest for a more even playing field, whatever the industry, and how one gets there, either at the expense of those who will resist, or bringing them along with you. Jude Watson