The year is 1965. Seven linked short stories take Eric from age sixteen to seventeen, journeying through love, triumph and heartbreak toward independence and, gradually, a measure of wisdom. A snapshot of teen angst from the Canadian prairies. It's all here - the joy of hockey, the despair of winter, and adventures in the back seat of a '58 Chevy.

Eleven short stories with Brooks' trademark humanity and insight follow teens from the darkness of adversity on into the light. By the author of Bone Dance.

Readers may remember Dahl's deliciously twisted humour from such classics as Matilda and The Witches. He is also a master of devilishly surprising and suspenseful fiction for adults. Here is a taste to make you hungry for more!

There is another world that exists alongside this one, a world of things half-seen, out of the corner of your eye. Vancouver author Sarah Ellis offers a glimpse into this unknown but familiar place in twelve tingly tales.

No one ever forgets the first time. Eight Canadian authors share the true stories - some funny, some terrible - of their first sexual experiences.

Surviving a chicken crisis at Kentucky Fried, becoming a hero as a door-to-door TV Guide salesman, fighting a ghost for a job - first jobs can be stressful. But they are always an education. Twelve teens start their careers in this thoughtful gathering of tales.

A collection that encompasses Edgar Allen Poe and Stephen King, not to mention the writing team of Terry Jones and Michael Palin! Pull up your covers and keep the light on.

Mysterious mages, doomed princesses, trolls, witches and enchanted vegetation are just a few of the ingredients in these five magical tales by Robin McKinley, award-winning fantasy author of The Blue Sword and the Hero and the Crown.

These are tales of wounds and sorrows, redemption and healing. Potok applies the depth of understanding familiar to readers of The Chosen in this selection of intense, personal stories.

Even in this postmodern "information age, some things defy understanding. Twenty-seven stories, new and old, investigate the inexplicable.

Donald R. Gallo presents a great collection of stories from some of the best voices in young adult writing: Chris Crutcher, Graham Salisbury, Chris Lynch and Trudy Krisher, to name just a few. Each story is a glimpse into a decade from this century, reflecting the changes and challenges of our time.

What does the future hold - disaster, or progress, the end, or the beginning? Michael Cart's compilation of stories looks toward the future, not just in our own time, but in many others. People at the dawn of other millennia faced the future with the same mixture of hope and fear as we do ourselves. Take a journey into past, present and future with Jon Scieszka, Rodman Philbrick, Katherine Paterson, and other great authors.

Guilt, rage, loss, dreams - whatever the cause, the characters in these stories are trapped. The walls may be imaginary, or self-created, but they make cages all the same. Stories include selections from Lois Duncan, Walter Dean Myers and Francesca Lia Block.

"...On the street, my friends and I were always playing gun games, pointing with a finger and "shooting"... When you were hit, you were "dead." In our games the dead always jumped up." Reality doesn't work in quite the same way. Celebrated teen authors offer a group of stories about guns - some surprising, some comical, most very sad, all definitely worth a read.

Just who is the Lord of the Fries and why is he so angry? Could he be an undercover cop, a criminal, an ex-circus performer, a hero? Sam and Carrie have sworn to sniff out the real story for a rapacious magazine editor. So begins a spate of relentless detective work. This is only the first in a quirky collection of tales by Canadian writer Tim Wynne-Jones, author of the Maestro and The Book of Changes.