TY - BOOK AU - Barnes,Douglas R. TI - Short stories of our time T2 - Harrap's modern English series SN - 0245564071 AV - PZ5 BAR PY - 1963/// PB - George G. Harrap KW - Short stories, English KW - Short stories, American KW - Short stories N1 - The first seven years, Short actress, The little pet, Life of Ma Parker, A message from the pig-man, The dry rock, Through the tunnel, A present for a good girl, Possessions, The raid, The living, Uncle Ernest, Late night on watling street, Questions for discussion N2 - Most of the stories in this book are set firmly in a twentieth-century urban milieu, and they deal with aspects of the life that is confronting their young readers. As the stories concern ordinary people in realistic situations, they offer many opportunities for the kind of discussion that moves out from the text into life ER -