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Overview
Young men and women face tough times and make tough choices in this book of short stories.
Includes six short stories that deal with crisis situations faced by teenagers, including racism, abuse, sense of failure, aging relatives, drunk driving, and abortion.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
Robert, the beleaguered nine-year-old hero of this lighthearted story, must contend with his hyperkinetic cousin Harriet, newly arrived for a year's stay. Ages 8-10. (May)School Library Journal
Gr 8-11Beyond Dreams will be popular with teens who have enjoyed Chris Crutcher's Athletic Shorts (Greenwillow, 1991). Like his characters, Reynolds's young people struggle against seemingly insurmountable odds but do eventually succeed in improving their lives. They're not too good to be true, thoughthey seem like real kids. The language here is a little raw, but the situations will be familiar to far too many teens: school failure, pregnancy and abortion, racism, a fatal car accident, an aging relative, violence and abuse by a lover. Reynolds sets this collection of six stories in Hamilton High, a fictional, urban, ethnically mixed secondary school somewhere in Southern California, but the stories are universal. Some characters have parents who can provide emotional guidance, but others are stumbling through life without support. YAs will look forward to the next installment in the series.Susan R. Farber, Chappaqua Library, NYBook Details
Published
June 1, 1995
Publisher
Morning Glory Press Inc
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781885356000