A collection of 12 short stories, selected by the editors to primarily appeal to young adults. There's one or two fantasy stories in here, but for the most part this is a science fiction anthology of stories set on Earth, and for the most part it's enjoyable. There were a small handful of stories that I really did not care for, but in such cases I prefer to focus instead on the ones that I enjoyed the most. Best picks in here, for me, are Jane Yolen's "The White Babe", which has a really appealing structure that alternates myth with in-universe academic analysis, and "The Web Dancer" by Somtow Sucharitkul, which has a fantastic main character and a real sense of alien wonder. Just beating these out for top place, however, is "Glacier" by Kim Stanley Robinson, a near-future story of a boy trying to bond with an untrusting pet cat as glaciers slowly encroach on the town that they live in. It's so beautifully restrained in its approach, I can't help but admire it.