These authors might only be in middle school, but they have a lot to say about life. Through journal entries on pivotal events, voicemails to their past selves, six-word memoirs, and alternate realities, students use their voices and literary devices to explore all aspects of identity, where they have been, and where they are going. Featuring: summer camp bonfires, cheerleading, brass instruments, perfect cookies, and cars.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “Featuring illustrations of each author and a foreword by Ypsilanti Mayor Paul T Schreiber, What to Call the Place I Call Home is a collection of writing on the subjects of self, place, and time by twenty-six young writers in 826michigan's tutoring program at Ypsilanti Middle School.”