BOOKS - After the Death of Anna Gonzales
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After the Death of Anna Gonzales
Author: Terri Fields
Year: November 1, 2002
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 780 KB
Language: English
Year: November 1, 2002
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 780 KB
Language: English
A look at the effects of one girl's suicide on her high school and "I can feelThe whispering of the hallway wallsGrowing louder as the groups gather.Each clique adding to its morning input. and "Did you hear? and " and "Who told you? and " and "Do you think it's really true? and "New at this school, I stand alone.Watching . . . and "This collection of voices centers on the suicide of high school freshman Anna Gonzales. Each piece, read alone, portrays a classmate's or teacher's personal reaction to the loss, taken hard by some, by others barely noticed. Read together, the poems create a textured testimony to the rippling effects of one girl's devastating choice.