![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, Murphy Murphy ("Yeah, you read it right. Others tentatively test the waters of romance or plunge into infatuations. Lori Aurelia Williams's impoverished and taunted hero Malik considers joining a reputedly violent gang because they will give him the high-status shoes he covets and Ellen Wittlinger's heroine, Maggie, a budding writer, tries out a new identity under a pen name. Their writings, all of which feature a 13-year-old protagonist, poignantly and often humorously capture the excitement, angst and uncertainty that mark the experience of growing up. The authors of these 13 original entries (12 stories and one poem) have one thing in common: each understands what it is like to stand in that murky bog between childhood and adulthood. ![]()
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