Merryn Jones (Ngati Rakaipaaka) lives in New Zealand. She is a senior nurse whose career spans four decades, an academic writer and researcher. In 2021, she completed a Diploma in Writing Stories for Children, gaining an excellence in her course. The same year she won
the Maori Literature Trust's Pikihuia Award for her short story which was published in Huia Pubisher's Anthology 14.
Spencer has always struggled with his stutter, and at school, it's made him the target of relentless bullying. The thought of giving a speech in front of his classmates fills him with dread
