A collection of twelve stories by different writers and in different genres in each of which a young person is physically and/or emotionally on the edge.
Content Note
Foreword / Lois Duncan -- Stevie in the mirror / Ellen Wittlinger -- Nethergrave / Gloria Skurzynski -- Pig brains / Alden R. Carter -- Fine? / Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Hot lava / Pete Hautman -- Secret numbers / Winifred Morris -- Pluto / Gail Carson Levine -- Unbalanced / William Sleator -- Sables Mouvants / Liza Ketchum -- Steppin' Eddie / Rich Wallace -- The Ravine / Graham Salisbury -- In the Valley of Elephants / Terry Davis.