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Taking aim power and pain, teens and guns

Sixteen authors contribute stories that explore guns and teens. 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...

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Other Authors: Cart, Michael (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Firearms > Young adult fiction.
Firearms > Social aspects > United States > Young adult fiction.
Short stories > Young adult.
Summary: Sixteen authors contribute stories that explore guns and teens. 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 story stirs the debate to new levels. The juxtaposition of guns and their consequences offers a reminder of the impact of guns in our society.
Physical Description: 345 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9780062327352 (hardback)
0062327356 (hardback)
Author Notes: Francesca Lia Block was born in Los Angeles, California on December 3, 1962. She graduated from the University of California Berkeley and wrote her first book, Weetzie Bat, while a student there. It was published in 1989. Her other young adult works include Baby Be-Bop, Violet and Claire, How to (Un)cage a Girl, and The Waters and the Wild. She is also the author of the Weetzie Bat series. She has won several awards including the Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Library Association in 2005 and the Phoenix Award.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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