A collection of fifteen short stories in which writers including Avi, Jay Bennett, Gordon Korman, Joan Lowery Nixon, and Suzanne Fisher Staples draw upon their own childhood experiences.

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

My brother's keeper /Jay Bennett -- Truth about sharks / Joan Bauer -- Game of war / Herb Karl -- Hamish Mactavish is eating a bus / Gordon Korman -- Sunrise over Manaus / Walter Dean Myers -- No matter what / Joan Lowery Nixon -- Most important night of Melanie's life / Richard Peck -- Young blue eyes / Susan Beth Pfeffer -- Blue moon in a white sky / Nancy Springer -- Dozens of roses: A story for voices / Virginia Euwer Wolff -- Klesmer / Suzanne Fisher Staples -- "White" real estate / Sharon Dennis Wyeth -- Wedding cake in the middle of the road / Judith Gorog -- Blue diamond / Neal Shusterman -- Biderbiks don't cry / Avi.