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Who Is Patricia Hersch's A Tribe Apart?

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“A Tribe Apart” is a book written by Patricia Hersch about her experience as an observer of the teenage community and customs. Most readers are shocked by Hersch’s portrayal of eight teenagers growing up in Reston, Virginia. Indeed it is no surprise that children engage in questionable activities, but these young people do not just make little mistakes; they use drugs, get drunk, have sex, steal from local stores, and lie to their parents regularly. Not all of them do these activities, but most do enough to make the reader question how this is occurring just beneath their noses. Throughout the book, Hersch argues that students need parents, teachers, and other adults to be more involved in their lives. Not all children participate in school

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