About this item
Twelve short stories in verse by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the highs and lows of love-romantic, platonic, familial, and self-love.Love can be many things-all-consuming, fleeting, vengeful, selfless, toxic, uplifting, and always, a core part of the teen experience that leaves an indelible mark. This enchanting, genre-crossing anthology delivers something for every listener with unique characters, global settings, and a dazzling mixture of myth, historical, speculative, and contemporary fiction.With each moment, get swept away by unexpected love blooming between two princes from enemy Mesoamerican nations in the 15th century, who'd rather make music rather than war; cheer for a timid bearded lady who was shunned by her family and runs away to find belonging and safety at the circus during the 1800s experience the heartbreak of saying goodbye to a beloved pet; breathlessly watch a myth unfold as a siren bound to the water falls in love with a winged forest spirit, their love seemingly impossible from the start.
About the Author
Kip Wilson is the author of (2019, Versify) , a critically-acclaimed YA novel-in-verse about anti-Nazi political activist Sophie Scholl, and , (2022, Versify) , a YA novel-in-verse about Hilde, an aspiring singer at a queer club in Berlin in 1932. Her latest YA novel-in-verse, (Versify, 2023) , focuses on photojournalist Gerda Taro, who captured the vibrant hopes of Spanish republican forces fighting fascism during the Spanish Civil War. Kip holds a Ph. D. in German Literature, and is an Associate Editor at Voyage YA and an elementary library assistant.
