STUDENTS at Exmouth Community College were given the opportunity to meet a critically-acclaimed author.

Bali Rai, well-known for his ‘Soccer Squad’ series, visited the college last Monday, November 1.

During his visit, Bali demolished pre-conceived ideas of what teenage fictions should encompass. He captivated students by sharing anecdotes from his own youth and explained how they influenced him as a writer.

His most recent novels seek to arm teenagers with the confidence to address hard-hitting and sometime uncomfortable issues of modern youth.