Taking Aim (ePub)
Poignant. Heartbreaking.
Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore the impact of guns on teens. These evocative voices each have a different story to tell, a different perspective to...
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Bold. Thought provoking.
Poignant. Heartbreaking.
Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore the impact of guns on teens. These evocative voices each have a different story to tell, a different perspective to give.
This collection of fiction tackles the tough questions of gun culture, the psychology of gun owners, the motivation of shooters, and gun violenceboth the purpose and the danger, the hurt and the healing, victims and perpetratorstrying to get to the heart of the matter.
From a boy whose low self-esteem is impacted when a gun comes into his possession to a student recalling a senseless tragedy that befell a favorite teacher, from a realistic look at hunting to a provocative look at a family that defies stereotypes, each emotional story stirs the debate to new levels.
With a dazzling array of beloved YA authors, these honest stories will draw fans of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and Give a Boy a Gun.
Acclaimed contributors include Marc Aronson, Edward Averett, Francesca Lia Block, Chris Crutcher, Alex Flinn, Gregory Galloway, Jenny Hubbard, Peter Johnson, Ron Koertge, Chris Lynch, Walter Dean Myers, Joyce Carol Oates, Eric Shanower, Will Weaver, Elizabeth Wein, and Tim Wynne-Jones.
He is the author or editor of twenty books, including the gay coming-of-age novel My Father's Scar, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; From Romance to Realism: 50 Years of Growth and Change in Young Adult Literature; andwith Christine A. JenkinsThe Heart Has Its Reasons, a critical history of young adult literature with gay/lesbian/queer content. His many anthologies include Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth, Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are, and How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity.
In 2008, he became the first recipient of the YALSA/Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Achievement Award, and in 2000, he received the Grolier Foundation Award for his contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by young people. Mr. Cart lives in Columbus, Indiana.
- Autoren: Michael Cart , Ron Koertge , Chris Lynch , Walter Dean Myers , Joyce Carol Oates , Eric Shanower , Will Weaver , Elizabeth Wein , Tim Wynne-Jones , Marc Aronson , Edward Averett , Francesca Lia Block , Chris Crutcher , Alex Flinn , Gregory Galloway , Jenny Hubbard , Peter Johnson
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 13 Jahre
- 2015, 368 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Harper Collins
- ISBN-10: 0062327372
- ISBN-13: 9780062327376
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.09.2015
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- Dateiformat: ePub
- Grösse: 3.49 MB
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