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B.A. and M. S.L. S. from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ph.D. from Temple University.  \nKate Hamill: Grade 12 English Teacher, Catonsville High School, Catonsville, Maryland.  \nJoseph McGeary: English Teacher, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ph.D. in English from Duke University.  \nTimothy Showalter: English Department Chair, Franklin High School, Reisterstown, Maryland. Certified teacher by the Maryland State Department of Education. Member of the National Council of Teachers of English.  \nAmy Spade Silverman: English Department Chair, Kehillah Jewish High School, Palo Alto, California. Member of National Council of  \nTeachers of English (NCTE), Teachers and Writers, and NCTE Opinion Panel. Exam Reader, Advanced Placement Literature and Composition. Poet, published in North American Review, Nimrod, and Michigan Quarterly Review, among other publications.  \nJody Stefansson: Director of Boswell Library and Study Center and Upper School Learning Specialist, Polytechnic School, Pasadena, California. Board member, Children’s Literature Council of Southern California. Member of American Library Association, Association of Independent School Librarians, and Association of Educational Therapists.  \nLaura Jean Waters: Certified School Library Media Specialist, Wilton High School, Wilton, Connecticut. B.A. from Fordham University; M.A. from Fairfield University.  \nSHORT STORIES  \nfor Students  \nPresenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Short Stories  \nVOLUME 28  \nSara Constantakis, Project Editor Foreword by Thomas E. 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