Small Avalanches and Other Stories
 

Small Avalanches and Other Stories

by Joyce Carol Oates

"I myself am a secret."
-- from How I Contemplated the World . . .
When the sky blue ball comes soaring over the fence, a high-school girl is confronted with the haunting memory of her childhood. A jealous teen lets her cousin go off alone with a dangerous capricorn, aware of the terrifying possibilities. A vulnerable young girl cunningly outwits a menacing stranger and exults in... (read more)

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