Presents a collection of autobiographical short stories recounting formative teenage experiences that involve emotions such as love, embarrassment, shame, self-realization, and sexual awakening.

Includes index.

Three stories about water and vomiting / Adam Rex -- Breathless / Heather Sellers -- Girl fight / Joey Franklin -- Power drift / Jon Scieszka -- Polypropylene / Ali Catt -- Why is it wet here? / Carrie Mesrobian -- M-E-L I-S-S-A / Melissa Brandt -- I don't believe you / Clint Edwards -- Vietnam, Minnesota / Pete Hautman -- Island girls / Kasandra Duthie -- The ranks of a million guys / Kwame Alexander -- Confession / Anika Fajardo -- First gear / Melody Heide -- Just back from the dentist / Kyra Anderson -- Ambushed / Andrew Gottlieb -- A ghost in the mall / Natalie Singer-Velush -- A most dangerous game / Alexis Wiggins -- The causeway / Margaret MacInnis -- Orchard / Kim Lozano -- Weightless / Steve Brezenoff -- After the party / Geoff Herbach -- On the third day / Tom Moran -- How to succeed by actually trying / Dayna Evans -- Ten years ago / Sarah Beth Childers -- End of the half / Patrick Hueller -- Suspended / Kyle Minor -- Girl/thing / Anna Vodicka -- Saying goodbye to Anna / Jackie Buckle -- The catch / Melissa Cistaro -- The world in a stump / Will Weaver -- Mosquito man / Da Chen -- Warrior / Trisha Speed Shaskan -- Dating magic / Laurie Edwards -- Big red / Jessica Gunderson -- Confessions of a pretend boyfriend / Aaron Brown -- Solo / Esther Porter -- Singing along / Kara Balcerzak -- Hard to swallow / Jenna Scarbrough -- Best friends / Rachael Hanel -- Smiling Joe / Joseph Bruchac -- The latter days of Jean / Rebecca Stansborough -- All treasures / Patti Kim -- Letter to my sixteen-year-old self / Alison Mcghee.