Sad Stories of the Death of Kings
Kindle Edition
Seven Stories Press · Ebook · November 23, 2010
Roy is a lover of adventure movies, a budding writer, and a young man slowly coming of age without the benefit of a father.
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- Who it’s for
- Memoir and invention trace a boy's growing consciousness in postwar Chicago.
- Themes
- Coming of age, Fatherlessness, Imagination amid hardship
- Genres
- Coming of Age, Literary YA, Violence & Trauma
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Roy is a lover of adventure movies, a budding writer, and a young man slowly coming of age without the benefit of a father. Surrounding him—whether to support him or to drag him under—is the adult world of postwar Chicago, a city haunted by violence, poverty, and the redeeming power of imagination. Here are charlatans, operators, alien abductees, schoolyard nudists, and fast girls with only months to live.
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At the center of it all is a boy learning to navigate the compromises, disillusionments and regrets that come with the territory of living. Mixing memoir and invention, the forty-one short stories in Barry Gifford's first book for young adults bring a city—and a boy's growing consciousness—to vivid, unflinching life.
Postwar Chicago
Memoir and invention trace a boy's growing consciousness in postwar Chicago.
Come here for
- A boy's life without a father
- Memoir mixed with invention
Expect
- Forty-one short stories
- A city marked by violence and poverty
Where it sits
| Coming of Age | 80% |
|---|---|
| Literary YA | 43% |
| Violence & Trauma | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US Stories for Teens
- Social Themes for Teens
- Authors
- Barry Gifford
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Published
- November 23, 2010
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Coming of age · Fatherlessness · Imagination amid hardship
- Reading lane
- US Stories for Teens