Necessary noise : stories about our families as they really are

Book 2006

Contains ten short fiction stories for young adults that look at different types of families, both traditional and non-traditional, including selections by Nikki Grimes, Lois Lowry, Walter Dean Myers, and others.

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Family life Fiction

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ISBN:

006051437X

Edition:

First paperback edition

Description:

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Stories about our families as they really are

Contents:

Hardware / Joan Bauer
Siskiyou Sloan and the eye of the giraffe / Norma Howe
Necessary noise / Emma Donoghue
The throwaway: a suite / Nikki Grimes
Visit / Walter Dean Myers
A family illness: a mom-son conversation / Joyce Carol Thomas
A woman's touch / Rita Williams-Garcia
Sailing away / Michael Cart
Dr. Jeckyll and Sister Hyde / Sonya Sones
Snowbound / Lois Lowry

Control Number:

966179

Other Authors:

Cart, Michael
Noruzi, Charlotte, illustrator

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