A Good Man is Hard to Find

A Good Man is Hard to Find

By:
Flannery O'Conner
Age Level:
YA
Genre:
Classics, Short Stories
Published:
1997
Short Stories

A family with a talkative grandmother comes across a hardened and extremely dangerous criminal, The Misfit. Can the grandmother convince him to leave her family alone or will they be his next victims?

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ISBN 0156364654

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These short stories have plenty of intrigue to keep students engaged and teachers can use them to teach literary devices including plot, characterization, foreshadowing, and irony.