Walter Dean Myers
Description
Sweet Illusions is unusual: it is a novel for reading and writing. As a story of young people facing the problem of teenage pregnancy, it makes great
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reading. The reader is also given a writing idea for extending each chapter: dream, personal letter, song, memory of early childhood, fantasy, list, persuasive argument, daydream, diatribe, monologue, confession, and report. Sweet Illusions is a compassionate story that encourages young people to take conscious charge of their lives, just as it encourages them to take conscious charge of the story.
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