I Wrote on All Four Walls
Subtitle: Teens Speak Out on Violence
Contributors: Fred Matthews (Afterword)
Publisher: Annick Press
Published: September 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781550377569
Subjects: Violence in adolescence; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Young Adult Social Situations; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9); Youth and violence; Social Issues - Violence; Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Situations / Violence; Violence
First sentence: Sue's struggles with family instability, substance abuse, stealing, gangs, violence, and restrictive cultural traditions instilled in her the strength to face the ugliness of the world and to strive for a better life.
Description: The explosive teenage years can make young people more prone to violence--and more vulnerable. These accounts are authentic and riveting: 16-year-old Janice finds herself the target of cyber-bullying and physical intimidation at school; Allan remembers coming out at age fourteen and learning that safety can be as much about who you know as who you are; Don at age eight terrorized his younger brother, an aggression that escalated into the torture of another boy at fifteen. This book collects the harrowing stories of nine contemporary teenagers who have witnessed, been the victim of, or instigated acts of violence--sometimes all three. The afterword by youth services specialist Dr. Fred Matthews, explores how both victims and perpetrators can come to terms with violent events and gain control of their lives.