Three moments in time, Three stories, Three genres, Three very different writing styles...three flavours... David Hill gives a virtuoso performance in short form storytelling for children, and each story stands alone as a masterclass in its genre. Just what we would expect from this multi-award-winning and much-loved New Zealand children’s writer of international acclaim. Historical Fiction Coming Home- Harry and his loyal horse Blaze rush to support the British with the New Zealand Mounted Battalions when the Boer War is declared. On the eve of departure Blaze panics in the horse truck and escapes. Harry must leave alone to face this war. Throughout his time in South Africa, and his voyage around the world and the experiences of the horror of war, he yearns for Blaze and prays he is okay. Meanwhile Blaze is facing his own dangers. Fantasy I Wish - Trent Karam is bored and depressed. He and his mum have moved to a new town, and he must start at a new school. All he wants is to be something more than ordinary – to stand out. Exploring the attic in his new house he discovers a magical book-elf hidden in a mysterious box of books the movers appear to have left behind. Trent is stuck with reading the books because the movers have not delivered his computer – but then he finds they contain stories that can help him. Everything changes when he finds the book-elf who can grant wishes. Future Strange Meeting – Sophie’s father is involved in the Neptune space mission launch site. She is proud of her dad and the work he is involved in but fellow student Pita, says his Koru is warning that the work they’re doing isn’t honest – it is dangerous. Who can she believe? Meanwhile, way out in space, a large meteor is waiting – being pulled by the gravity of Saturn and Jupiter along with the influence of our sun. It waits like a snooker ball awaiting the cue. Earth is in the clear trajectory of one possible angle. Which way will it go?