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Title Rural voices : 15 authors challenge assumptions about small-town America / edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter.
Publication Info. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020.
©2020
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Club Central  YA FIC RUR    Check Shelves
 Southwest  YA FIC RUR    Check Shelves
Edition First edition.
Description 300 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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Summary "For most of America's history, rural people and culture have been casually mocked, stereotyped, and, in general, deeply misunderstood. Now an array of short stories, poetry, graphic short stories, and personal essays, along with anecdotes from the authors' real lives, dives deep into the complexity and diversity of rural America and the people who call it home. Fifteen extraordinary authors--diverse in ethnic background, sexual orientation, geographic location, and socioeconomic status--explore the challenges, beauty, and nuances of growing up in rural America. From a mountain town in New Mexico to the gorges of New York to the arctic tundra of Alaska, you'll find yourself visiting parts of this country you might not know existed--and meet characters whose lives might be surprisingly similar to your own."--Amazon.
Contents The (unhealthy) breakfast club / Monica Roe -- The hole of Dark Kill Hollow / Rod Costello -- A border kid comes of age / David Bowles -- Fish and fences / Veeda Bybee -- Close enough / Nora Shalaway Carpenter -- Whiskey and champagne / S. A. Cosby -- What home is / Ashley Hope Pérez -- Island rodeo queen / Yamile Saied Méndez -- Grandpa / Randy DuBurke -- Best in show / Tirzah Price -- Praise the Lord and pass the Little Debbies / David Macinnis Gill -- The cabin / Nasůgraq Rainey Hopson -- Black nail polish / Shae Carys -- Secret menu / Veeda Bybee -- Pull up a seat around the stove / Joseph Bruchac -- Home waits / Estelle Laure.
Subject Cities and towns -- United States.
Small cities -- United States.
Country life -- United States.
Communities -- United States.
United States -- Rural conditions.
Cities and towns -- United States -- Fiction.
Small cities -- United States -- Fiction.
Country life -- United States -- Fiction.
Communities -- United States -- Fiction.
United States -- Rural conditions -- Fiction.
Cities and towns -- Fiction.
Communities -- Fiction.
United States -- Rural conditions -- Fiction.
Cities and towns -- United States -- Fiction.
Communities -- United States -- Fiction.
Genre Short stories.
Essays.
Added Author Carpenter, Nora, author, editor. Close enough.
Roe, Monica, 1978- author. (Unhealthy) breakfast club.
Costello, Rob author. Hole of Dark Kill Hallow
Bowles, David (David O.), author. Border kid comes of age.
Bybee, Veeda, author. Fish and fences.
Bybee, Veeda, author. Secret menu.
Cosby, S. A., author. Whiskey and champange.
Pérez, Ashley Hope, author. What a home is.
Méndez, Yamile Saied, author. Island rodeo queen.
DuBurke, Randy, author. Grandpa.
Price, Tirzah, author, Best in show.
Gill, David Macinnis, 1963- author. Praise the Lord and pass the Little Debbies.
Hopson, Nasůgraq Rainey, author. Cabin.
Carys, Shae, author. Black nail polish
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- author. Pull up a seat around the stove.
Laure, Estelle, author. Home waits.
Added Title 15 authors challenge assumptions about small-town America
Fifteen authors challenge assumptions about small-town America
ISBN 9781536212105 (hardcover) : $18.99
1536212105 (hardcover)