num_pages: 256
description: Growing up is hard to do, as contributors such as Judy Blume, Robert Cormier, and Paul Zindel know. Full of humor and understanding, the stories and extracts in this collection share the hopes, dreams, and secret fears of both classic and contemporary young adult characters.Who's afraid / Philippa Pearce --TVstar / Judy Blume --Bilgewater (an extract) / Jane Gardam --Doll's house / Katherine Mansfield --Secret diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4 (an extract) / Sue Townsend --Little by little (an extract) / Jean Little --Sam's storm / Betsy Byars --Anne's history / L.M. Montgomery --May I have your autograph? / Marjorie Sharmat --Dear Bruce Springsteen / Kevin Major --Reverdy / Jessamyn West --Cement truck / Laurence Lasky --Evacuees / Nina Bawden --Catalog cats / Ann Cameron --Stray / Cynthia Rylant --Stolen bicycle / William Saroyan --General sees active service / Ethel Turner --I spy / Graham Greene --Terrible announcement / Lynne Reid Banks --Red pony (an extract) / John Steinbeck --Our field / Mrs. Ewing --Lion by moonlight / Richard Parker --Daddy-long-legs (an extract) / Jean Webster --President Cleveland, where are you? / Robert Cormier --Golden darters / Elizabeth Winthrop --Goat's tobacco / Roald Dahl --Ladder / V.S. Pritchett
language: English
title: Top Teen Stories
titlecomplete: Top Teen Stories (Red Hot Reads)
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Kingfisher