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Illustrated with Atkin's photographs, this compilation of teenagers' gun-related stories showcases mostly competitive shooters or hunters (overwhelmingly white, rural, female, and pro-gun) and victims of gun accidents and violence (overwhelmingly urban, minority, and anti-gun), with a few activists thrown in. Individual stories are compelling, but the highly polarized spectrum of experiences plays on stereotypes and dismisses complexity. Reading list.