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Most of the stories are related to Crutcher's early work and often come from his experience as a family counselor. [1] This book also contains the short story "A Brief Moment in the Life of Angus Bethune" which first appeared in Connections, edited by Donald R. Gallo, published in 1989 by Delacorte Press. It was adapted into the film Angus. The ...
The Henna Wars is a young adult novel by Adiba Jaigirdar.Set in Dublin, the book follows Nishat, a Bangladeshi teenager who comes out as a lesbian while in high school. The book received mostly positive reviews from critics, and was included on Time's list of the "100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time."
Both the identity mixup [3] and the book's release received worldwide media attention. [4] [5] It was the subject of a two-hour episode of Dateline NBC, a program of The Oprah Winfrey Show, and a segment featured on The Today Show. [3] [6] The book was ranked 1st place for two weeks on the adult non-fiction New York Times Best Seller list in 2008.
How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity is an anthology of LGBTQ short stories for young adults edited by American author Michael Cart. It was first published in 2009. The anthology contains an introduction by Cart, 11 short stories, and one novella by acclaimed lesbian and gay authors. [1] [2] [3]
Norwalk's Tony Anania and Ankeny's Ethan Zuber fall as they cross the finish line of the 4A 1600 meter race during the Iowa high school state track and field meet at Drake Stadium on Saturday in ...
The story relates the experience of Barb, a woman whose gender has been reassigned to "attack helicopter" so as to make her a better pilot. It was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award, under the title "Helicopter Story". The story's original title is taken from an Internet meme used to disparage transgender people.
This collection of short stories, written by African-American author Charles W. Chestnutt, deals with the theme of racial identity from the perspective of a freed slave. [ 24 ] Chesnutt's tales depict the challenges encountered by freed slaves in the post-war South, offering a reflective view on the difficulties of those who were marginalized ...
In general, the stories draw parallels to science fiction and world history, such as alien contact paralleling the first contact and later colonization by Europeans of the Americas. In addition to the science fiction tropes, these stories also examine social issues faced by indigenous people.