From One Experience to Another : Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction,9780312862534

From One Experience to Another : Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction

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ISBN13: 9780312862534
ISBN10: 0312862539
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 1997-08-15
Publisher(s): Forge Books
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Summary

Fifteen of the most distinguished authors for young adults draw upon experiences from their own childhoods to create fiction that explores adolescence: everything from the meaning and boundary of friendship, fitting in, measuring up, and finding the courage to believe in oneself. Authors include Avi, Herb Karl, Gordon Korman, Walter Dean Meyers, Joan Lowery Nixon, and Virginia Euwer Wolff.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9(2)
Publisher's Note 11(4)
Jay Bennett
My Brother's Keeper
15(16)
Joan Bauer
The Truth About Sharks
31(18)
Herb Karl
A Game of War
49(8)
Gordon Korman
Hamish Mactavish Is Eating a Bus
57(16)
Walter Dean Myers
Sunrise Over Manaus
73(16)
Joan Lowery Nixon
No Matter What
89(16)
Richard Peck
The Most Important Night of Melanie's Life
105(8)
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Young Blue Eyes
113(12)
Nancy Springer
A Blue Moon in a White Sky
125(16)
Virginia Euwer Wolff
Dozens of Roses: A Story for Voices
141(6)
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Klesmer
147(14)
Sharon Dennis Wyeth
"White" Real Estate
161(16)
Judith Gorog
The Wedding Cake in the Middle of the Road
177(10)
Neal Shusterman
Blue Diamond
187(16)
Avi
Biderbiks Don't Cry
203(18)
About the Authors 221

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