Sophomores: Tales of Reality, Conflict, and the Road by Tenth Grade Writers (American Teen Writer Series)

By Christine Lord

Perhaps the most powerful collection in the series. Lighthearted tales are juxtaposed with stories about accepting responsibility, about family life, friendships lost and found, and the universal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886427100
• ISBN13: 9781886427105
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Merlyn's Pen Inc
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.5"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Fiction for teens, by teens

First, I should admit a bias: I wrote one of the stories in this book. But it's not as an author that I want to recommend it (though I do think, seven years after writing it, that the story is pretty good). I am now a high school English teacher and have seen what a great effect these stories can have on other teenagers.These stories -- honest, funny, moving, exciting -- show the world from a teenager's point of view, and no adult author would be able to get it exactly right the way these stories get it exactly right. I've also found that these stories can be wonderful models and inspiration for other teen writers. These are great works of fiction, but they aren't intimidating, they aren't Great Works of Art that have to be read in a quiet, reverent tone.I can't imagine anything that would more inspire teens to be writers and readers than excellent stories written by people in the midst of adolescence themselves. This book, and all the books of the American Teen Writer series, belong in every school and home library.