Oates, Joyce Carol

Connie is a 15-year-old girl with two things on her mind, boys and how she looks, and she meets a man during the summer.

The story of a girl and an older man at a Fourth of July party that ends in tragedy.

Fourteen-year-old Frankie relates the events of the year leading up to her mother's mysterious disappearance and her own struggle to discover and accept the truth about her parents' relationship.

Tells of a seemingly ordinary, successful family who is nearly torn apart when tragedy strikes but finds a way to remain happy and loyal despite rumors, secrets and strife.

When sixteen-year-old Matt is falsely accused of threatening to blow up his high school and his friends turn against him, an unlikely classmate comes to his aid.

In a small New York town divided by race in the 1950s, a young African-American basketball player risks his life to protect Iris Courtney, a white girl pursued by a malicious classmate, and, in doing so, forms a bond of secrecy that will stay with them both through adulthood.

Collects fifty-seven poems written over the course of eight years by author Joyce Carol Oates, offering a wide range of styles and themes.