Fourteen short stories about what it's like to grow up in the city―the glamour, the mean streets, and the neighborhood.
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...."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
M. Jerry Weiss is an award-winning educator who has taught English, language arts, and reading in secondary schools and colleges. He is Distinguished Service Professor of Communications Emeritus at New Jersey City University.
Helen S. Weiss is a freelance writer and editor. She lives in Montclair, New Jersey.
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