Contemporary Canadian writers explore, with different techniques and from various points of view, the questions, challenges and relationships that characterize mode adolescence. Intended for lovers of good literature, for those who are parenting or working with adolescents and especially for teenagers themselves, these stories will stir the imagination, inspire reflection and self-discovery, and lead to a deeper knowledge of the human heart.

“In my two careers as high school English teacher and as university education professor, I have sought, first of all, to understand my students -- their intellectual abilities and interests, their ways of knowing, and their emotional needs. I have sought, also, through teaching about psychological development, power, and educational practice to connect the content of my courses to fundamental questions of identity, value, and self-understanding -- and to do all this with as much rigor and zest as I know how.”

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