This book is of many different short stories that are about people having to make unexpected decisions and not knowing the outcome. A story that I liked the most would have to be the one about the afreican american boy who has to go to a white award show, to get an award for his story that he wrote. He doesn't really know how they will act around him or really what to say. I liked it because the stories were short and they left me wanting to know what is going to happen next. ( )

Ten well-known young adult authors offer stories about journeys, often in the literal sense, but always in the figurative, coming-of-age sense. My favorites are Ron Koertge's "Brutal Interlude," which has his trademark sharp humor; and Alex Flinn's "Keep Smiling," a complicated and poignant encounter between a girl and a boy who share connections to the victim of a drunk-driving accident. ( )