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Atkin, S. Beth

Gunstories: Life-Changing Experiences with Guns

245 pp. | HarperCollins/Tegen | January, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-06-052659-9 $16.99 | Library ISBN 0-06-052660-2 $17.89
(4) YA Illustrated with Atkin's photographs, this compilation of teenagers' gun-related stories showcases mostly competitive shooters or hunters (overwhelmingly white, rural, female, and pro-gun) and victims of gun accidents and violence (overwhelmingly urban, minority, and anti-gun), with a few activists thrown in. Individual stories are compelling, but the highly polarized spectrum of experiences plays on stereotypes and dismisses complexity. Reading list.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross

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