About the Book

Powerful, riveting, real. Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore guns and teens in a fiction collection that is thought provoking and emotionally gripping. For fans of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and Give a Boy a Gun, and with an array of YA talent like the late great Walter Dean Myers, the poetic Joyce Carol Oates, the prophetic Elizabeth Wein, and the gritty Chris Crutcher, these are evocative voices that each has a different perspective to give. Capturing the hurt and the healing, victims and perpetrators, these stories get to the heart of the matter.

From a boy whose low self-esteem is impacted when a gun comes into his possession to a student recalling a senseless tragedy that befell a favorite teacher, from a realistic look at hunting to a provocative look at a family that defies stereotypes, each emotional story stirs the debate to new levels. The juxtaposition of guns and their consequences offers moving tales, each a reminder of how crucial the question of guns in our society is, and the impact they have on all of us.

Other acclaimed contributors are Marc Aronson, Edward Averett, Francesca Lia Block, Alex Flinn, Gregory Galloway, Jenny Hubbard, Peter Johnson, Ron Koertge, Chris Lynch, Eric Shanower, Will Weaver, and Tim Wynne-Jones.

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780062327369
  • ISBN 10: 0062327364
  • Imprint: HarperTeen
  • On Sale: 09/06/2016
  • Pages: 368
  • List Price:12.50 CAD
  • BISAC1 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Religious / General
  • BISAC2 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Short Stories
  • BISAC3 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
  • BISAC4 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Violence
  • BISAC5 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
  • BISAC6 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Mental Illness
  • BISAC7 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Sexual Abuse
  • BISAC8 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
  • BISAC9 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse (see also Social Themes / Sexual Abuse)
  • BISAC10 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Religion & Faith

Taking Aim by Michael Cart, Marc Aronson, Edward Averett, Francesca Lia Block, Chris Crutcher, Alex Flinn, Gregory Galloway, Jenny Hubbard, Peter Johnson, Ron Koertge, Chris Lynch, Walter Dean Myers, Joyce Carol Oates, Eric Shanower, Will Weaver, Elizabeth Wein, Tim Wynne-Jones

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