This is a brilliantly conceived collection of short fiction by highly visible writers already known to readers of young adult literature. The stories are as different from each other, and as individually amazing, as the authors. The collection was developed to stimulate exploration of religious thought, rather than to persuade, and it contains a dozen fictional explorations of faith, spirituality, or wonder. Teenagers acquainted with even one novel by any two or more of these fine writers will know that they offer a wide range of cultural understandings and writing styles. (Ages 12‑15)

Sometimes funny, sometimes startling - and featuring a variety of settings, cultures, and beliefs - these twelve original stories evoke dilemmas of faith and identity that are familiar to us all. The anthology brings together a powerful mix of award-winning contributors: Jennifer Armstrong, Margaret Peterson Haddix, M. E. Kerr, Gregory Maguire, Kyoko Mori, Jess Mowry, Naomi Shihab Nye, Marilyn Singer, Nancy Springer, Joyce Carol Thomas, Virginia Euwer Wolff, and Jacqueline Woodson.