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Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns
Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns
Reviewed by: Karen Sandlin Silverman - Scarborough High School / Scarborough Middle School, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: January 13, 2016
Review
Essays by Marc Aronson, Will Weaver, and Chris Crutcher about our culture of guns set the stage for this collection of thought-provoking short stories. Topics range from hunting to war to equipping classroom teachers with guns. The book features stories by the late Walter Dean Myers, Tim Wynne-Jones, Gregory Galloway, Ron Koertge, Alex Flinn, Chris Lynch, Eric Shanower, Francesca Lia Block, Jenny Hubbard, Elizabeth Wein, Edward Averett, Peter Johnson, and Joyce Carol Oates.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Cart, Michael (editor)
Illustrator: ,
Publisher: HarperTeen
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre:
Audience: grades 7-9,grades 10-12
Binding Type: Choose Binding Type
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780062327352
Price: 17.99