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A unique anthology featuring adoption-themed fictional short stories from a diverse range of celebrated Young Adult authors. The all-star roster includes Mindy McGinnis (Not a Drop to Drink, Katherine Tegen Books, Sept 2013), Adi Alsaid (Let’s Get Lost, Harlequin Teen, July 2014), Lauren Gibaldi (The Night We Said Yes, Harper Teen, May 2015), and many more.
The Girl and the Grove
Adopted teen Leila discovers that her connection to nature and passion for environmental activism are part of her unique and magical genetic makeup, and a grove of trees that holds a mythical secret.
Ricochet
When seventeen-year-old Tatiana discovers that she is living four different but parallel lives in the multiverse, she and her other selves must band together to stop a megalomaniac scientist: their father.
Out of the Dragon’s Mouth
After the fall of South Vietnam, fourteen-year-old Mai is forced to flee across the South China Sea to a refugee camp near Malaysia. But when an accident forces Mai to flee the camp, she meets a half-American boy named Kien, who might be the only person who can keep her alive until she’s sent to the US.
Lament
Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a music prodigy, who’s about to find out she can see faeries. Two mysterious (and cute) guys enter her life. Trouble is, Luke is a soulless faerie assassin and Aodhan is a dark faerie soldier. Their orders from the Faerie Queen? Kill Deirdre.
Clash of Fate and Fury
Former circus performer Gen, heir to Arcadia Castor, and StormMaker Pollux must infiltrate the Elysium Empire and find the golden apples of Hesperides and the monstrous Cerberus for the Olympian Empresses, all while avoiding starting a war with Elysium.
Ballad
James Morgan’s gift for music has attracted Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie who feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. While collaborating on a musical composition, James and Nuala unexpectedly fall in love. When James realizes that Nuala is being hunted, he plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Faerie Queen.
All the Wrong Chords
Dealing with the death of her brother, teenager Scarlett Stiles joins a rock band and falls hard for the band’s lead singer and local “bad boy.”
Lemon Drop Falls
"Mom's last words: Keep them safe. Help them be happy.
Morgan promised, so she sacrifices soccer, free time, and friendships for her younger siblings. But when Dad's “talk therapy” campout ignites Morgan's anxiety, she makes a reckless decision to prove she can fill Mom's shoes . . . which leaves her literally fighting for survival."
Sparks
Since sixth grade, Debbie Woodlawn has nursed a secret crush for her best friend, Lisa. All that time, Debbie pretended to love 80s sit-coms and abstinence rallies, just to be with her. So when Lisa hooks up with the most boring guy at school, Debbie decides it’s time to confess her love. But first, she embarks on an almost holy quest.