Hailed by the New York Times as "one of the best YA writers working today," A.S. King is the author of over a dozen books for young readers. She is the only two-time winner of the Michael L. Printz Award. She is the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She is the recipient of both the Margaret A. Edwards Award and the ALAN Award for her lifetime contributions to young adult literature. King lives with her family in Pennsylvania, where she returned after living on a farm and teaching adult literacy in Ireland for more than a decade.

Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award

★ "An eclectic, poignant, and introspective treasure trove."--Kirkus, starred review

★ "Masterfully collected and worth slowing down to absorb."--SLJ, starred review

★ "[H]ere is a collection notable for the uniform excellence of 10 of its stories, which come from such distinguished creators as M. T. Anderson, David Levithan, Anna-Marie McLemore, Jason Reynolds, and its inimitable editor, King herself...[Readers] will revel in this wonderfully genre-defying, offbeat book that is one of the most original of the year."--Booklist, starred review

"King proclaims, in an introduction, that 'there is currency in weirdness'; by turns darkly cheeky and piercingly perceptive, this moody and existential grouping of stories lives up to the statement."--Publishers Weekly

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Pub date: 2024-07-16

Length: 272 pages