Marigolds / Eugenia Collier. The Neighborhood / Mary Gordon -- The Kind of light that shines on Texas / Reginald McKnight -- The Body politic / Theodore Weesner -- The Wrong lunch line / Nicholasa Mohr -- Jump or dive / Peter Cameron -- From Bastard out of Carolina / Dorothy Allison -- Where is it written? / Adam Schwartz -- Summer water and Shirley / Durango Mendoza -- Judgment day / Arturo Islas -- From The Floating world / Cynthia Kadohata -- Yes, young daddy / Frank Chin -- Going to school / D'Arcy McNickel -- A Spell of Kona weather / Sylvia Watanabe -- What means switch / Gish Jen -- From This boy's life / Tobias Wolff -- Eyes and teeth / Wanda Coleman -- A Bag of oranges / Spiro Athanas -- From How the Garca̕ girls lost their accents / Julia Alvarez -- From Davita's harp / Chaim Potok -- Marigolds / Eugenia Collier.
Summary:
A collection of short stories and novel excerpts by noted minority authors explore the triumphs and tribulations of adolescence.
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