Give and Take

by Tricia Springstubb

Sixteen-year-old friends develop relationships with various members of the opposite sex and with each other as they grow towards maturity.

210 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Sister James Bernard, my first grade teacher, taught me how to read. Our class had 60 children (yes) and we went up and down the long rows, taking turns reading aloud. There was absolutely no reading ahead, which was torture. I was always dying to know What happened next? (though with Dick and Jane, the answer was usually, Not much.) As I grew up, I began to wonder not only what happened, but why, and much much later,inhabiting other people's stories wasn't enough. I began to make my own.