Coming of Age: Short Stories about Youth & Adolescence

Coming of Age: Short Stories about Youth & Adolescence
ISBN-10
0844250767
ISBN-13
9780844250762
Series
Coming of Age
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
294
Language
English
Published
1993-11
Publisher
Ntc Publishing Group
Author
Bruce Emra

Description

The lives of young people seen through the eyes of contemporary and classic short story writers.

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