Title:
No easy answers : short stories about teenagers making tough choices
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Donald R. Gallo.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Laurel Leaf, ©1999.
Physical Description:
xii, 323 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN:
9780440413059
Abstract:
A collection of sixteen short stories, by Louise Plummer, M.E. Kerr, Jack Gantos, and others, about teenagers in situations that test their character.
A collection of sixteen short stories, by Louise Plummer, M.E. Kerr, Jack Gantos, and others, about teenagers in situations that test their character. This anthology features 16 stories about individuals who find themselves in situations that test their strength of character. They are called upon to make moral choices, face the consequences of their actions, and consider what it means to "do the right thing". From computer blackmail, peer pressure, and gang violence to drug use, unwanted pregnancy, guilt and atonement, these characters face decisions that may affect the rest of their lives. There are many tough choices; there are no easy answers. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Quick Pick.
Reading Level:
Young Adult.
6-12
4.80
Lexile value, 790 Metametrics
790 Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR-ATOS 4.8 11.0 18441
Reading Counts RC 4.2 13.0 8415
Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 4.8 11 Quiz 18441 English fiction.
Added Author:
Contents:
Photograph / Will Weaver -- Bliss at the burger bar / Louise Plummer -- Moon over Missouri / T. Ernesto Bethancourt -- I've got Gloria / M.E. Kerr -- Duet / Ron Koertge -- Confession / Gloria D. Miklowitz -- Simon says / Monica Hughes -- Un-numbing of Cory Willhouse / Virginia Euwer Wolff -- Eva and the mayor / Jean Davies Okimoto -- Little Li and the old soldier / Lensey Namioka -- Stranger / Walter Dean Myers -- X-15s / Jack Gantos -- Cradle hold / David Klass -- Wishing it away / Rita Williams-Garcia -- Trashback / Alden R. Carter -- Doi store monkey / Graham Salisbury.