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Shunned
Freya Berenyi
“As they neared the Downsville pub, Sophie felt the others
around her slowing, as though uncertain.
‘Maybe you two should go in first. The white ones.’
She looked around surprised. The group of 15 consisted
mainly of Asians, or at least those of Asian origin. She had not
realised until then that she and another boy were the only two
who were fair skinned …”