Small Avalanches and Other Stories

Paperback | 1 June 2004

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When the sky blue ball comes soaring over the fence, a high-school girl is confronted with the haunting memory of her 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.

Intense and unnerving, uplifting and triumphant, the twelve stories in this riveting collection explore the fateful consequences of the choices we make in our everyday lives.

Ages 10+

Industry Reviews

"A haunting mix...pulsate[s] with the fickle folly of teen invincibility."--School Library Journal
"Captures all the intensity and emotion of adolescence."--BookPage
"Haunting images, masterfully controlled language, the occasional light touch of fantasy, and no easy lessons."--Kirkus Reviews (starred)
"Mesmerizing."--Publishers Weekly
"Oates makes poetry with ordinary words that take readers right into the restless psyches of young women."--ALA Booklist (starred)

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