Choices

by George Ella Lyon

Book Overview

" "I don't agree with all the choices people make," says the author. "You probably won't either. My job is to let them tell their stories." And so she does in these thirteen warm, funny, and sad short stories about people making hard decisions for themselves and for their families: - Like Iona, who accidentally accepts a marriage proposal - And Daryll, just about to graduate from high school, whose mother is eager for him to "make something" of himself...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813109000
• ISBN13: 9780813109008
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Great literacy tool

As a literacy volunteer, I am always looking for stories to engage my student. CHOICES offers short stories with lots of topics for discussion. For example, in one story a man feels destined to failure because his mother didn't have enough milk when she was growing up so he has bad teeth! A victim mentality is a valid choice by default. Other stories consider choices in employment, marriage, friendship, or moving to new locations. While the reading is not complex, the ideas are and provide great value for critical thinking.