10th graders write 10/10 personal narratives about the pivotal and emotionally eventful moments in their lives. Each story takes the reader back to the original moment pictured with great care to describe the scenes and feelings present. Contains late-night rituals, cousins, anxiety, prom, graduations, and raccoons.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “A memory of hearing gunshots while playing basketball: ‘Boom, boom, boom! Everyone turned into a track star at that moment.’ Sisterhood is captured with elegance: ‘We grew up closer than flowers in a garden.’ And a new uncle describes watching his nephew grow: ‘There is no change greater than the changes a child goes through.’ In My Soul Evaporated, the writers at Benjamin Banneker Academy return to the moments in their lives when those great changes occurred, and with wisdom and thoughtful care, they discover what those moments mean to them.”