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Wanting to Belong


Book Description
Unemployment, single parents, the quick fix of alcohol and drugs, the buzz of joy-riding and shoplifting -- all of these could easily describe the problems of American teenagers, but this is Merthyr Tydfil, a grim town in one of Wales' south valleys. These teenagers want to do something, be something before being swallowed up by a world uninterested in them. Authentic, gripping, written in the lan... More
Book Information
PublisherSeren
BindingPaperback
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages128
ISBN-101854112104
ISBN-13978-1854112101
Publication Date01/01/1997
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About Mike Jenkins (Author) : Mike Jenkins is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Published credits of Mike Jenkins include Poems for Underage Thinkers and Wanting to Belong.
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