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Indlæser... Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth (2002)35 | 1 | 701,925 |
(5) | Ingen | In these fourteen authentic short stories, young people growing up in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, DC, New York, and elsewhere contend with city realities: a former child-star must resist her mother's dreams of Hollywood to pursue her own interest in archaeology; in a Baltimore courtroom, a boy testifies against a drug dealer who, if freed, will surely want revenge; a block party in Harlem is the setting first for a family argument and then for an act of neighborly kindness....These stories of young people of all backgrounds--from the privileged to the poor, from immigrant to native-born--beat with the pulse of city life. They neither extol nor condemn but frankly reflect the city's real excitements and perils. For urban teens, these are pages out of daily life. For those who live elsewhere, here is a glimpse into a world so often imagined. Among the authors are Judith Ortiz Cofer, Eugenia Collier, Ann Hood, Cherylene Lee, Paul Many, Walter Dean Myers, Michael Rosovsky, Neal Shusterman, Amy Tan, Elennora Tate, and Kurt Vonnegut.… (mere) |
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▾Offentliggjorte anmeldelser » Tilføj andre forfattere Forfatter navn | Rolle | Hvilken slags forfatter | Værk? | Status | Weiss, M. Jerry | Redaktør | primær forfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Weiss, Helen S. | Redaktør | hovedforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Bethancourt, T. Ernesto | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Cofer, Judith Ortiz | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Collier, Eugenia | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Geha, Joseph | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Hood, Ann | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Lee, Cherylene | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Many, Paul | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Myers, Walter Dean | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Ritter, John H. | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Rosovsky, Michael | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Shusterman, Neal | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Tan, Amy | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Tate, Eleanora E. | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet | Wyeth, Sharon Dennis | Bidragyder | medforfatter | alle udgaver | bekræftet |
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▾Referencer Henvisninger til dette værk andre steder. Wikipedia på engelskIngen ▾Bogbeskrivelser In these fourteen authentic short stories, young people growing up in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, DC, New York, and elsewhere contend with city realities: a former child-star must resist her mother's dreams of Hollywood to pursue her own interest in archaeology; in a Baltimore courtroom, a boy testifies against a drug dealer who, if freed, will surely want revenge; a block party in Harlem is the setting first for a family argument and then for an act of neighborly kindness....These stories of young people of all backgrounds--from the privileged to the poor, from immigrant to native-born--beat with the pulse of city life. They neither extol nor condemn but frankly reflect the city's real excitements and perils. For urban teens, these are pages out of daily life. For those who live elsewhere, here is a glimpse into a world so often imagined. Among the authors are Judith Ortiz Cofer, Eugenia Collier, Ann Hood, Cherylene Lee, Paul Many, Walter Dean Myers, Michael Rosovsky, Neal Shusterman, Amy Tan, Elennora Tate, and Kurt Vonnegut. ▾Biblioteksbeskrivelser af bogens indhold Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. ▾LibraryThingmedlemmers beskrivelse af bogens indhold
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