Walk in My World: International Short Stories about Youth

Here is a treasury of classic contemporary short stories about young people, written by some of the world's best writers, that will take you around the globe to meet kindred spirits in other cultures on their journeys to adulthood.

"The Balek Scales" by Heinrich Boll (Germany): For generations, the aristocratic Balek family has bought mushrooms, herbs, and hayflowers from the village children, by the pound. Then a twelve-year-old boy impulsively tests their scale and uncovers an injustice h...