Things I'll Never Say: Stories About Our Secret Selves

Fifteen top young-adult authors let us in on provocative secrets in a fascinating collection that will have readers talking.A baby no one knows about. A dangerous hidden identity. Off-limits hookups. A parent whose problems your friends won’t understand. Everyone keeps secrets—from themselves, from their families, from their friends—and secrets have a habit of shaping the lives around them. Acclaimed author Ann Angel brings together some of today’s most gifted YA authors to explore, in a variety of genres, the nature of secrets: Do they make you stronger or weaker? Do they alter your world when revealed? Do they divide your life into what you'll tell and what you won't? The one thing these diverse stories share is a glimpse into the secret self we all keep hidden.With stories by:Ann AngelKerry CohenLouise HawesVarian Johnsonerica l. kaufmanRon KoertgeE. M. KokieChris LynchKekla MagoonZoë MarriottKaty MoranJ. L. PowersMary Ann RodmanCynthia Leitich SmithEllen Wittlinger