Cover of Kissing Tennessee: and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance

Kissing Tennessee: and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance

Mason and Carrie Marie can't get up the courage to ask each other to dance. Russ's girlfriend has died, and now he's just trying to live without her. Peggy Lee has grown up with Tennessee—how can she ever think of him as more than a friend?

In these moving tales and others, Kathi Appelt captures the sometimes amusing, sometimes touching missteps of some unforgettable students, who come together one last time for the most memorable night of their young lives.

Genre
romanceliterary fiction
Setting
2000shigh school
Audience
young adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 132 pages
Form
short stories

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