What’s your secret? It’s an obvious question to ask after sharing one or more of the short stories in this collection developed around the theme of secrets. And the secrets revealed here are fictional explorations of the kinds of secrets we all may keep or struggle to reveal: some truth about ourselves, our lives, our families, our fears, or things that threaten us. Secrets are often seen as a way to protect, but they are also a means to harm. Sometimes there is such a web of deceit that determining the truth is impossible. Sometimes, someone else’s secret is a burden hard to bear. Fifteen diverse authors have contributed to this collection of stories, offering a range of styles and subject matter in a volume that invites exploration and reflection. (Age 13 and older)

Fifteen top young-adult authors let us in on provocative secrets in a fascinating collection that will have readers talking.

A baby no one knows about. A dangerous hidden identity. Off-limits hookups. A parent whose problems your friends won’t understand. Everyone keeps secrets—from themselves, from their families, from their friends—and secrets have a habit of shaping the lives around them. Acclaimed author Ann Angel brings together some of today’s most gifted YA authors to explore, in a variety of genres, the nature of secrets: Do they make you stronger or weaker? Do they alter your world when revealed? Do they divide your life into what you’ll tell and what you won’t? The one thing these diverse stories share is a glimpse into the secret self we all keep hidden.
With stories by:
Ann Angel
Kerry Cohen
Louise Hawes
Varian Johnson
erica l. kaufman
Ron Koertge
E. M. Kokie
Chris Lynch
Kekla Magoon
Zoë Marriott
Katy Moran
J. L. Powers
Mary Ann Rodman
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Ellen Wittlinger