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Love Isn’t Written in a Court Order The author, Tracey, reconnects with a son she abandoned 20 years earlier. She’s gotten clean, remarried, and established a normal life. He’s grown up and become a soldier.
• James and his mom were separated for most of his childhood (he was eventually adopted). What do you think he lost from not knowing her as her grew up? What did he gain? • Tracey writes that there are “things he’s not ready to know yet.” What do you think she means by that? What are the challenges for James and Tracey in building a relationship?
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our books Stories from Represent have been anthologized in several books by Youth Communication. The Heart Knows Something Different (Persea Books, 1996) is a collection of personal essays first published in FCYU; in addition, The Struggle to Be Strong: True Stories By Teens About Resilience (Free Spirit, 2000), Things Get Hectic: Teens Write About the Violence That Surrounds Them (Simon & Schuster, 1998) and Out With It: Gay and Straight Teens Write About Homosexuality (Youth Communication, 1996) feature stories from Represent, as well as from New Youth Connections (NYC), our other teen-written magazine. |
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