A Potpourri of Kid's Short Stories Author:Davida (Pete) Gates This volume contains realistic stories, mostly based on real kids, but with fictional details, in American schools. This book uses the language of the people who actually lived in the times and places the stories took place. Some make strong moral points but without preaching. Two are about kids in other cultures: one about a little Mexican boy ... more »and his burro in the nineteen fifties; the other takes place on the Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota, in the sixties. Both of these represent genuine settings, and the problems they have were genuine problems in their times and places. Several stories are actually true, or totally fiction, just for fun. This volume will be enjoyed by kids in general from about ten to late teens, and can be read by kids about fifth grade up. They also have shown great pleasure in having the stories read to them by teachers or parents.« less