With COVID-19 restrictions and anxieties at an all time high, these students came together (in spirit) to produce this collection of pure honesty. Read stories of feeling lost, stuck, angry, and alone. Hear about the day online classes began, lockdown epiphanies, breakout rooms, gaming, and what its like living in a frozen world.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “What follows are the stories of high school teenagers. Stories about beginnings and about endings–where people come from and where they end up. By telling these stories, we breathe a little easier. We feel less hidden, less constricted, less conflicted. In the act of writing, we have unmasked our true selves. A very appropriate metaphor for times like these.”