Collection of short stories, essays, and one play about troubled teens who have made poor choices or who are trying to be bad and includes selections from authors such as Jacqueline Woodson, Edward Averett, and E.R. Frank.

Bad boy: foreword / Jack Gantos -- Bad / Chris Gall -- Cousins / E.R. Frank -- T / Eugenie Doyle -- Joaquin years / Edward Averett -- Self portrait (green) 1986 / Andy Warhol -- Andy Warhol: prince of pop / Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan -- Vandal / Michael Simmons -- Boys from Mars / Ron Koertge -- Nursery / Julia Jarcho -- Career day / John O'Brien -- Stacey's buffet / Nick Larocca -- Apparent motives / David Lubar -- The demilitarized zone / Marie G. Lee -- Bad boy bling / Jeff Newman -- Surviving jock culture / Robert Lipsyte -- Poe-Raven / Jacqueline Woodson.