Gallo, Donald R

Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs.

Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs.

Nineteen short stories, dealing with teenage concerns, written especially for this collection by well-known authors of young adult novels such as Joan Aiken, M.E. Kerr, Richard Peck, and Colby Rodowsky.

Presents ten stories of teenagers facing all of the usual challenges of school, parents, boyfriends and girlfriends, plus the additional complications that come with having a physical or psychological disability.

On t.p.: by Robert C. Small, chair, and the Committee on the Senior High School Booklist of the National Council of Teachers of English.

Presents ten short stories for teens about lessons learned and discoveries made on journeys near and far. Includes such authors as Alex Flinn, Joyce Sweeney, and Richard Peck.

A collection of eleven stories by various authors that explore the experiences of social outsiders in high school.

Presents ten stories of teenagers facing all of the usual challenges of school, parents, boyfriends and girlfriends, plus the additional complications that come with having a physical or psychological disability.

Eighty-nine notable American and English authors of books for young adults describe their life and work. Entry for each author includes the author's photograph.

Includes offerings from Joan Lowery Nixon, Vivien Alcock, Robert Westall, and Joan Aiken.