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YA Fiction told From Multiple Viewpoints
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September 1999
Compiled by Tom Dillie
of Wadsworth (OH) Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
Nothing but the Truth by Avi
Smack by Meredith Burgess
Tenderness by Robert Cormier
On the Edge by Gillian Cross
P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger and Ann Martin
Morning Girl by Michael Dorris
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman.
This is not a linear story, but it does have different points of view. It tells of a teen who travels to the four
corners of the U.S. to build whiligigs in the image of the girl he killed in a drunk driving accident. Each of the whirligigs he leaves behind touches at least one person whose experiences we read about.
Who killed Mr. Chippendale? by Mel Glenn
The House across the Cove by Barbara Hall
A time for dancing by Davida Hurwin
The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
The View from Saturday by E.L. Koningsburg
Whitechurch by Chris Lynch
Letters from the Inside by John Marsden
Of two minds by Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman
Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald
A 17 year old gets a gun for his birthday and in a moment of exuberance shoots into the air. Unknown to
him his bullet kills a man. This story is told from the shooters perspective as he finds out what he has done, and from the dead man's daughter's perspective.
Best of Enemies by Suzanne Peirson
Three young people from very different backgrounds--the son of a wealthy New Mexican rancher, a Navajo slave, and a young Texan soldier--who find themselves held for ransom by a pair of horse thieves learn to look beyond their differences.
Fair Game by Erika Tamar.
The story of a sexual assault on a mildly retarded high school girl by a group of high school athletes. Told from
three different perspectives; the victim's, a girlfriend of one of the participants, and an athlete who saw what was going to happen, didn't do anything to stop it, but left before anything actually happened.
Slave Day by Rob Thomas.
Takes place on one day around "Slave Day" an annual fundraising event at Robert E. Lee High School as students and
teachers begin to reevaluate their lives and what they stand for. Many characters, all speaking from their perspectives.
Making Up Megaboy by Virginia Walter
My Angelica by Carol Lynch Williams
Bat 6 by Virginia Wolff
Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Colville
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