How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity

Harper Teen

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UPC:
9780061154980
Binding:
Hardcover
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Publication Date:
10/6/2009
Release Date:
10/6/2009
Author:
Michael Cart;Francesca Block;David Levithan;Ron Koertge;Eric Shanower;Julie Peters;Jennifer Boylan;William Sleater;Emma Donoghue
Language:
english
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A girl thought to be a boy steals her sister's skirt, while a boy thought to be a girl refuses to wear a cornflower blue dress. One boy's love of a soldier leads to the death of a stranger. The present takes a bittersweet journey into the past when a man revisits the summer school where he had an accidental romance. And a forgotten mother writes a poignant letter to the teenage daughter she hasn't seen for fourteen years.

Poised between the past and the future are the stories of now. In nontraditional narratives, short stories, and brief graphics, tales of anticipation and regret, eagerness and confusion present distinctively modern views of love, sexuality, and gender identification. Together, they reflect the vibrant possibilities available for young people learning to love othersand themselvesin today's multifaceted and quickly changing world.