In this powerful collection of short stories, children around the
world turn eleven and take a step into their futures. Each one is
changed in ways both big and small.
Annoyed at having to walk his sister's dog on his birthday, Connor heads
into an undeveloped subdivision, where he comes across chilling evidence
of a stranger's unhappiness. A girl sneaks away from her class camping
trip to a local conservation area and experiences, for the first time,
the terror and joy of fending for herself for the first time. Dom's
brother gives him a special crystal to boost his confidence, and the
gift conjures up a child laborer from the impoverished area of
Madagascar where the stones were mined. Mysterious voices at the local
county fair prompt Aislynn to think twice after her older sister dumps
her for her high-school buddies. While volunteering at his local soup
kitchen, Len discovers that there are bigger shames than having the
class bully seeing you in a hairnet. And on an historic bridge in
Budapest, Lazlo's dream of the perfect father-son birthday outing
becomes a nightmare when his father introduces him to his Neo-Nazi
friends.
A companion to the critically acclaimed Sit.
Key Text Features
short stories
table of contents
dialogue