Not Acting My Age

Josie is an unusual girl. She's sure of herself and able to stand up on her own. And she sees no reason to have a boyfriend. Instead,...

A fantasy story about a bookstore owner who returns home to Upstate NY for her grandfather's funeral and is invited to join her grandmot...

Very appropos of the theme of this Blog. This came from this week's Isthmus .

Gray Wilton is a bully magnet -- attracting unwanted attention from the meanest guys at school. After an incident at his former school wher...

In a diverse set of ten short stories and ten different worlds, we are introduced to a family executing their own daughter, a girl who can...

In this retelling of the classic Grimms tale, the betrayed princess with the skill of communicating with nature struggles to win back her ri...

When Orphea's older brother and guardian catches her and her girlfriend making out, he flips out and attacks her (sending the girlfriend...

Narrated by Death, we learn of the story of Liesel Meminger, growing up with her foster parents outside of Munich in Nazi Germany as WW II u...

Libby is one of the cool kids who sets all of the trends and rules her school's social scene, but secretly she is bored with her succes...

Ian wants to pledge into a secret fraternity at his inner city high school, and all he has to do is trick a Plain Jane girl named Kylie into...

In alternating chapters (written by alternating authors), Nick and Norah tell the story of meeting at a club and fumbling with whether they ...

Dimple Lala has lived her entire life in America, but as the daughter of two Indians, she doesn't really know if her sense of self somes...

Following the same formula as Breakfast with Tiffany , we have the story of Ros, who lost her two Moms to "a tragic accident involving ...

Leila's sister killed herself and now each family member must deal with the loss. For Leila, this means looking for a reason to explain ...

Thulani has lived in a child's world, caring only about the pigeons he keeps on the roof and dreaming of his long-gone mother. But when...

Annie loves to run and loves to draw. Through a series of prose poems, she describes her runs, the 100 apple drawings she has made, her gra...

Six years ago, Dilly's mother died, leaving her a place in the Adirondacks that she and her father return to every summer, reenacting ri...

Floey has always lived in the shadow of her popular older sister. But when her sister gets married and her Aunt drops off two bratty cousin...

In a series of 11 short stories, the authors explore the many various meanings of remaking ourselves and changing who we are. The highlight...

In a series of poems told by different people, three girls dish up the dirt on "T.L." -- a guy who knows all the right moves and b...