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.