Lost & Found: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction

by M. Jerry Weiss (Editor), Joan Abelove (Contributor), Paul Zindel (Contributor)

From the silent horror of an image-obsessed teenager starving herself to perfection to the hilarious humilations of a freshman forced to endure fencing class, each of these stories is a very personal and creative response to a simple Where do writers get their ideas?

The answer? Anywhere and everywhere.

Each story was specially commissioned for this collection, and included an introductory essay by the author explaining the story's origins in the author's life--and its significance.

Contributors Jerry Spinelli, Betsty Byars, Paul Zindel, Jon Scieszka, T.A. Barron, Tamora Pearce, Mary Ann McGuigan, Lois Metzger, Mel Glenn, Joyce Hansen, Rich Wallace, Joan Abelove and Eleanora E. Tate.

Genres: Short Stories, Anthologies, Fiction, Young Adult

192 pages, Hardcover

First published August 5, 2000

About the author

M. Jerry Weiss is Distinguished Service Professor of Communications Emeritus, New Jersey City University. A teacher, writer, and lecturer, he has won numerous awards and honors, including the 1997 International Reading Association Special Service Award and the National Council of Teachers of English Distinguished Service Award. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good collection of short stories about school. Some were better than others. My favorites were, "Testing" by Tamora Pierce, "A Safe Space" by Joyce Hansen, and "Sproing!" by Joan Abelove.

[Betsy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection of ya short stories