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Small Avalanches and Other Stories

by Joyce Carol Oates · 2003

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When The Sky Blue Ballcomes soaring over the fence, a high-school girl is confronted with the haunting memory of childhood. A jealous teen lets her cousin go off alone with a dangerous Capricorn,aware of the terrifying possibilities. A vulnerable young girl cunningly outwits a menacing stranger and exults in her newfound power, surviving the first of many Small Avalanches.

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In these twelve riveting tales, master storyteller Joyce Carol Oates visits the dark, enigmatic psyche of the teenage years. Intense and unnerving, uplifting and triumphant, the stories in this collection explore the fateful consequences of the choices we make in our everyday lives.

Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
long · 400 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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