"Spanning twelve short stories in verse, this collection explores love's many facets and how it manifests in and shapes our lives"--

Ages 12+up

Grades 7-9

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Introduction / Kip Wilson -- Love-bomb / Mariama J. Lockington -- All for Annie / Robin Gow -- We are in the briar / Laura Ruby -- Not so sweet (an anti-Cupid story) / Melanie Crowder -- The bridegroom's oak / Kip Wilson -- La sirena y el zemi / Margarita Engle -- Borrowed blossoms / David Bowles -- Rock steady / Charles Waters -- The water clock / Padma Venkatraman -- America through mistranslation: a heart map of scars / Eric Gransworth -- Kaleidoscope / Alexandra Alessandri -- The first, and the last, and all the in-betweens / Jasmine Warga