BANG by Norah McClintock
Posted by Daniel on September 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I stare at him. He stares right back at me. Then he turns away. What a jerk, I think. He doesn’t even know me and he’s coming on all heavy with me. I raise my hand and point at him. I make like I’m pulling the trigger of a gun. Bang, mister, I say to [...]
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Response by Paul Volponi
Posted by Daniel on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Noah and his friends go to a nearly all-white neighborhood with a plan: steal a car, sell it to a chop shop, and make some fast cash. But that never happens. Instead, Noah, a teen father, is the victim of a vicious beating that leaves him with a fractured skull. Was the attacker protecting his [...]
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