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Thursday April 29th, 2010:

Sample Fiction

Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang By Joyce Carol Oates

"In a small town in upstate New York, during the 1950's a group of teenage girls realize that the odds in life are stacked against them. They come from low income families, and are treated poorly by the men, who seem to run the world.
However, one girl, "Legs" Sandovsky decides to fight back. Seeing the special treatment that male gangs receive from society and the law, Legs decides to form an all female gang, called Foxfire. In this gangs, girls find protection, companionship, and love, something they are denied in their own homes.
Though Legs leads the gang, she is not a writer, so she appoints gang member Mattie Wurtz to chronicle the adventures of Foxfire. This chronicle depicts the adventures of Foxfire as they attempt to change their lot in life. These attempts lead them to conflict with the law, their families and occasionally each other".