First Sightings: Contemporary Stories About American Youth [Hardcover]

Twenty stories, arranged by age of the protagonists, from 4 to 18. Contributors include Barbara Kingsolver, John Updike, Ethan Canin, Ernest J. Gaines, Gish Jen, Alice Walker, Michael Chabon, Toni Cade Bambara, Joyce Carol Oates, Philip Roth, and more. With its gamut of emotions, issues and real-life situations, this volume provides high quality reading that all Americans can identify with.