Taking Aim Power and Pain, Teens and Guns

Powerful, riveting, real. Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore guns and teens in a fiction collection that is thought provoking and emotionally gripping. For fans of; Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock ;and; Give a Boy a Gun , and with an array of YA talent like the late great Walter Dean Myers, the poetic Joyce Carol Oates, the prophetic Elizabeth Wein, and the gritty Chris Crutcher, these are evocative voices that each has a different perspective to give. Capturing the hurt and the healing, victims and perpetrators, these stories 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. The juxtaposition of guns and their consequences offers moving tales, each a reminder of how crucial the question of guns in our society is, and the impact they have on all of us. Other acclaimed contributors are Marc Aronson, Edward Averett, Francesca Lia Block, Alex Flinn, Gregory Galloway, Jenny Hubbard, Peter Johnson, Ron Koertge, Chris Lynch, Eric Shanower, Will Weaver, and Tim Wynne-Jones.

Info autore

Michael Cart is a writer, a lecturer, a consultant, and a nationally recognized expert in YA literature. He is the former director of the Beverly Hills (California) Public Library and a past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, and his column "Carte Blanche" appears monthly in Booklist magazine.
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; and—with Christine A. Jenkins—The 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Johnson, Jenny Hubbard, Marc Aronson, Chris Crutcher, Will Weaver, Eric Shanower, Chris Lynch, Edward Averett, Michael Cart, Gregory Galloway, Elizabeth Wein, Wein Elizabeth, Johnson Peter, Blo, Block Francesca Lia, Michael Aronson Cart, Shanower Eric, Weaver Will, Myers Walter Dean, Cart Michael, Koertge Ron, Lynch Chris, Crutcher Chris, Flinn Alex, Joyce Carol Oates, Tim Wynne-Jones, Alex Flinn, Walter Dean Myers, Francesca Lia Block, Ron Koertge
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 06.09.2016
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Uomo; Libri scolastici > Libri scolastici per istituti a indirizzo generale
• EAN: 9780062327369
• ISBN: 978-0-06-232736-9
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 13 a 99 anni
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.7 x 18.1 x 1.9 cm
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