Synopses & Reviews
Fifteen of the most distinguished and award-winning authors for young adults draw upon their own experiences to create fictional stories that explore adolescence: everything from dating and love, the meaning and boundaries of friendship, fitting in, and measuring up to finding the courage to believe in oneself.
Each story was specially commissioned for this collection, and includes an introductory essay by the author explaining the story's origin in the author's life--and its significance.
Table of Contents
My brother's keeper /Jay Bennett --Truth about sharks /Joan Bauer --Game of war /Herb Karl --Hamish Mactavish is eating a bus /Gordon Korman --Sunrise over Manaus /Walter Dean Myers --No matter what /Joan Lowery Nixon --Most important night of Melanie's life /Richard Peck --Young blue eyes /Susan Beth Pfeffer --Blue moon in a white sky /Nancy Springer --Dozens of roses: A story for voices /Virginia Euwer Wolff --Klesmer /Suzanne Fisher Staples --"White" real estate /Sharon Dennis Wyeth --Wedding cake in the middle of the road /Judith Gorog --Blue diamond /Neal Shusterman --Biderbiks don't cry /Avi.