Growing Up Stories

by Betsy Cromer Byars (Editor)

Other authors: Lynne Reid Banks (Contributor), Nina Bawden (Contributor), Judy Blume (Contributor), Betsy Byars (Contributor), Ann Cameron (Contributor) — 23 more, Robert Cormier (Contributor), Roald Dahl (Contributor), Mrs. Ewing (Contributor), Jane Gardam (Contributor), Graham Greene (Contributor), Laurence Lasky (Contributor), Jean Little (Contributor), Kevin Major (Contributor), Katherine Mansfield (Contributor), L.M. Montgomery (Contributor), Richard Parker (Contributor), Philippa Pearce (Contributor), V.S. Pritchett (Contributor), Cynthia Rylant (Contributor), William Saroyan (Contributor), Marjorie Sharmat (Contributor), John Steinbeck (Contributor), Sue Townsend (Contributor), Ethel Turner (Contributor), Jean Webster (Contributor), Jessamyn West (Contributor), Elizabeth Winthrop (Contributor), Paul Zindel (Contributor)

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A compilation of short stories and extracts from novels about turning points in life, by twenty-eight authors including Judy Blume, William Saroyan, L.M. Montgomery, and Roald Dahl.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Byars, Betsy Cromer	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Banks, Lynne Reid	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bawden, Nina	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Blume, Judy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Byars, Betsy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cameron, Ann	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cormier, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dahl, Roald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ewing, Mrs.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gardam, Jane	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Greene, Graham	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lasky, Laurence	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Little, Jean	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Major, Kevin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mansfield, Katherine	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Montgomery, L.M.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Parker, Richard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pearce, Philippa	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pritchett, V.S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rylant, Cynthia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Saroyan, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sharmat, Marjorie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Steinbeck, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Townsend, Sue	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Turner, Ethel	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Webster, Jean	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
West, Jessamyn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Winthrop, Elizabeth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Zindel, Paul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Geary, Robert	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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A compilation of short stories and extracts from novels about turning points in life, by twenty-eight authors including Judy Blume, William Saroyan, L.M. Montgomery, and Roald Dahl.

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Short stories of young people who face many challenges of both rivalry and affection inspired by brothers and sisters, the problems created by too strict or too liberal parents and what happens when the time comes to take on personal responsiblity

Contains:

Who's Afraid? / Philippa Pearce
The TV Star / Judy Blume (from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing)
An extract from Bilgewater / Jane Gardam
The Day It Rained Cockroaches / Paul Zindel (from The Pigman and Me)
The Doll's House / Katherine Mansfield
An extract from The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13¾ / Sue Townsend
An extract from Little by Little / Jean Little
Sam's Storm / Betsy Byars
Anne's History / L.M. Montgomery (from Anne of Green Gables)
May I Have Your Autograph? / Marjorie Sharmat
An extract from Dear Bruce Springsteen / Kevin Major
Reverdy / Jessamyn West
The Cement Truck / Laurence Lasky
The Evacuees / Nina Bawden (from Carrie's War)
Catalogue Cats / Ann Cameron
Stray / Cynthia Rylant
The Stolen Bicycle / William Saroyan
The General Sees Active Service / Ethel Turner (from Seven Little Australians)
I Spy / Graham Greene
A Terrible Announcement / Lynne Reid Banks (from One More River)
An extract from The Red Pony / John Steinbeck
Our Field / Mrs Ewing
Lion by Moonlight / Richard Parker (from Lion at Large)
An extract from Daddy-Long-Legs / Jean Webster
President Cleveland, Where Are You? / Robert Cormier
The Golden Darters / Elizabeth Winthrop
Goat's Tobacco / Roald Dahl (from Boy: Tales of Childhood)
The Ladder / V.S. Pritchett