Nineteen short stories, dealing with teenage concerns, written especially for this collection by well-known authors of young adult novels such as Joan Aiken, M.E. Kerr, Richard Peck, and Colby Rodowsky. Also includes biographical sketches for each author.

Richard Peck -- Shadows / Cin Forshay-Lunsford -- Saint Agnes Sends the Golden Boy / Marjorie Weinman Sharmat -- Dream Job / Lensey Namioka -- The All-American Slurp / Jean Davies Okimoto -- Jason Kovak, the Quick and the Brave / Norma fox Mazer -- What Happened in the Cemetery / Colby Rodowsky -- Amanda and the wounded Birds / Ouida Sebestyen -- Playing God / Gloria D. Miklowitz -- The Fuller Brush Man / Fran Arrick -- The Good Girls. Todd Strasser -- On The Bridge / Sandy Asher -- Great Moves / Susan Beth Pfeffer -- A Hundred Bucks of Happy / Joan Aiken -- Cousin Alice / Jane Yolen -- Words of Power / M.E. Kerr -- The Sweet Perfume of Good-Bye / Walter Dean Myers -- Jeremiah's Song / Gloria Gonzalez -- The Boy with Yellow Eyes / Sue Ellen Bridgers -- The Beginning of Something.