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How beautiful the ordinary : twelve stories of identity / edited by Michael Cart. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperTeen, [2009] - 350 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

A world from the nearly distant past / David Levithan -- Happily ever after / Eric Shanower -- My life as a dog / Ron Koertge -- Trev / Jacqueline Woodson -- My virtual world / Francesca Lia Block -- A dark red love knot / Margo Lanagan -- Fingernail / William Sleator -- Dyke March / Ariel Schrag -- The missing person / Jennifer Finney Boylan -- First time / Julie Anne Peters -- Dear Lang / Emma Donoghue -- The Silk Road runs through Tupperneck, N.H. / Gregory Maguire.

Presents twelve stories by contemporary, award-winning young adult authors, some presented in graphic or letter format, which explore themes of gender identity, love, and sexuality.

Young Adult Follett Library Resources

ISBN: 9780061154980 (trade) 9780061155000 (lib. bdg.) 0061154989 0061155004

LCCN: 2008051769

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Short stories, American.
Gender identity--Juvenile fiction.
Sexual orientation--Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept)--Juvenile fiction.
Homosexuality--Juvenile fiction.
Sex--Juvenile fiction.
Short stories.
Gender identity--Fiction.
Sexual orientation--Fiction.
Identity--Fiction.
Homosexuality--Fiction.
Sex--Fiction.
Love--Fiction.
Short stories.
Sex role--Fiction.
Identity--Fiction.
Homosexuality--Fiction.
Sex--Fiction.
Love stories.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Short stories.
Love stories.

LC Class. No.: PZ5 / .H7793 2009

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]