Why Darkness Seems So Light, Young People Speak Out About Violence

'In the spring of 1998 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, [students of] ... six public high schools ... [were] asked to write stories in response to the question, "Have you ever been personally affected by violence?" ... The stories included in this book represent the range of experience and emotion they shared.' -- Introduction, p.[9].Forty high school students from six schools in Fort Wayne, Indiana--rural, urban, and suburban--share their stories about how they have been personally affected by violence


Genre: Young Adult Fiction