School tales, a novel, Sharon Myrick
Type
Label
School tales, a novel, Sharon Myrick
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
School tales
Oclc number
1049177133
Responsibility statement
Sharon Myrick
Sub title
a novel
Summary
Contemporary legend says the business of high school is boring and must forever be that way--that its sole purpose is to deposit tidbits of knowledge into young minds and standardize the way each attacks the world. School Tales begs to differ. As is made clear by its five spunky student narrators, high school, the home-base social institution for teenagers, exerts powerful agency over answers to fundamental questions--Who am I? What do I want to learn? Am I able to direct my life? Can I trust friends to be there for me? How do I find a sense of purpose in contributing to our world?--and is a time of struggle with life's questions amidst intense pressure to make decisions by graduation and launch into adulthood
Table Of Contents
Fog of school -- An unwavering pivot -- Time to decide -- Unleashing energy -- Change and school -- Success? -- Drive -- Judgment -- Looking for me -- Reality check -- Freedom fighters -- A life worth living