When I Was Your Age Vol. 2 : Original Stories about Growing Up

This companion vol. to When I Was Your Age,Ó consists of 10 award-winning authors telling stories of pivotal moments in their childhoods. Whether recalling growing up in Japan or N.Y. or the Calif. coast, writing of the Depression or WW2 or the 1950s, describing weird or funny times, victories or heartaches, the authors of these stories make it clear that all children share a humanity & a capacity for joy. A sympathetic intro., notes from each author, childhood photos, & short bio's. help set the stories within the context of the authors' writing & their adult lives. Authors: Norma Fox Mazer, Kyoko Mori, Rita Williams-Garcia, Paul Fleischman, Jane Yolen, E.L. Konigsburg, Howard Norman, Michael J. Rosen, Karen Hesse, & Joseph Bruchac.Ehrlich, Amy is the author of 'When I Was Your Age Vol. 2 : Original Stories about Growing Up', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422351994 and ISBN 1422351998.