Love and Profanity

The stories in Love & Profanity offer a glimpse into the teenage lives of more than forty well-known and on-the-rise authors. Jon Scieszka goes for a high-speed drive on a gravel road and encounters nature in an alarming way. Kwame Alexander attempts to volley his way into the heart of a girl who seems out of reach. Carrie Mesrobian scrambles to dispose of the last evidence of her unauthorized house party. And Alison McGhee sends some advice to her younger self: "You're waiting and you don't even know it. You're waiting for the doors of your life to blow open."