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A badly burned boy begins a telephone romance with a girl he is afraid to meet. A group of friends harass a mentally handicapped young man. A lonely teenage girl finds romance on a hot summer night. This generally downbeat short story collection contains a few didactic tales, but most of the stories effectively capture flickering moments of adolescent growth and change.