This anthology collects the nine exceptional novels that were written by high school students in 826 NYC's Young Adult Writers' Colony during the summer of 2005. 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 Richard Powers says in his introduction, "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."
With novels by: Rachel Barber, Sara Bradshaw, Daniel Cowen, Lucas Gonzalez, Samantha Lipman, Carolyn Maughan, Julia Mayer, Sarah Meira Rosenberg, and Dylan Suher.