13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen

If you want to know the truth... Sometimes I'm not sure who I am anymore." Thirteen. It's an age of wonder...or dread. The best year of your life...or maybe the worst ever. You've just become an official teenager, even though you're not quite sure you feel like one, but you're no longer a kid, either. Here, from fourteen different points of view, are stories about that wonderful, terrible time. The big bar mitzvah that goes suddenly, wildly, hilariously out of control. A first kiss -- and a realization about one's sexual orientation. A crush on a girl that ends up putting the boy who likes her in the hospital. A pair of sneakers that a kid has to have, no matter what. Written by some of today's finest writers for young adults, these stories -- by turns funny and sad, wrenching and moving -- truly capture the agony and ecstasy of being thirteen. Includes:"What's the Worst that Could Happen?" / Bruce Coville"Kate the Great" / Meg Cabot"If You Kiss a Boy" / Alex Sanchez"Thirteen and a Half" / Rachel Vail"Jeremy Goldblatt is So Not Moses" / James Howe"Black Holes and Basketball Sneakers" / Lori Aurelia Williams"Picky Eater" / Stephen Roos"Such Foolishness" / Maureen Ryan Griffin"Noodle Soups for Nincompoops" / Ellen Wittlinger"Squid Girl" / Todd Strasser"Angel & Aly" / Ron Koertge"Nobody Stole Jason Grayson" / Carolyn Mackler"Tina the Teen Fairy" / Ann A. Martin & Laura Godwin