Small Avalanches and Other Stories

When The Sky Blue Ball comes soaring over the fence, a high-school girl is confronted with the haunting memory of childhood. A jealous teen lets her cousin go off alone with a dangerous Capricorn, aware of the terrifying possibilities. A vulnerable young girl cunningly outwits a menacing stranger and exults in her newfound power, surviving the first of many Small Avalanches. In these twelve riveting tales, master storyteller Joyce Carol Oates visits the dark, enigmatic psyche of the teenage years. Intense and unnerving, uplifting and triumphant, the stories in this collection explore the fateful consequences of the choices we make in our everyday lives.

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"Haunting images, masterfully controlled language, the occasional light touch of fantasy, and no easy lessons." Kirkus Reviews (starred)

Product details

• Authors: Joyce C. Oates, Joyce Carol Oates, Oates Joyce Carol
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2004
• EAN: 9780060012199
• ISBN: 978-0-06-001219-9
• No. of pages: 390
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 182 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & Women, Short stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Science & Nature / General