The book comprises three novella, names respectively Pomare, Paremata, and Tawa. Each name represents a suburb in which the Keene family of parents and three daughters are raised. The author describes the book as autobiographical fiction - life with the application of imagination. If this book represents her childhood, she had a more vivid imagination than I had at a similar age, but, having said that, the story is totally relatable. Having read Pomare as a stand-alone book, I was drawn to The High Jump and was not disappointed. At times hard to put down, I was forever wondering where else the story would go. A good read. ( )