Chris Lynch presents another gem that features a confident blend of humor and pathos as a boy flirts with the unseen nurse who cares for him after he breaks his back. Tim Wynne Jones’s literary narrative about a physically small yet brilliant teen’s heart-wrenching encounter with a suicidal beauty is a standout.
While some of the tales have thematic and plot similarities (there’s a couple, for instance, in which girls use their looks to separate from their mothers), it boasts depth and range. Combining contributions from established veterans and newcomers, this appealing anthology, with its baker’s dozen of stories about beauty-a topic often on the minds of youth-offers a broad perspective.
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