This anthology collects nine exceptional novels that were written by
high school students from New York City during the summer of 2005 in
826NYC's Young Adult Writers' Colony. Ranging from comedic, to fiercly
political, to deeply personal, these novels are immensely entertaining
and forecast a bright future for this brand new generation of novelists.
As novelist Richard Powers says in his foreword, There comes a time when
we must decide whether we love the world enough to hand it over to its
next lover . . . [This is a book of] nine worlds that nine people
could not find and so had to make themselves. Here it is before you: how
the story ends this time. And how it starts again.