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Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal awareness: safety matters > General
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Talk To Me
(Hardcover)
Donna M. Zadunajsky; Edited by Deborah Bowman Stevens; Designed by Travis Miles
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R657
R586
Discovery Miles 5 860
Save R71 (11%)
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While the Appalachian language of Bobby B. Billy may be fading from
use, the theme addressed, bullying, is not. Max and his tribe of 10
little men learn that there is an unexpected price to pay for their
bullying ways. Illustrator Randall May captures the quaint town of
Elmerville and its inhabitants, while the storytelling team of
Josiah O'Hea spins up a mouthful of hillbilly English along with a
poignant growing of age tale.
Ketchvar III travels to Earth to inhabit the body of an average
teenager and assess the damage humans have done to their planet.
But even his highly advanced alien intelligence can't prepare him
for life as an American teen.
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.
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