Not going to lie, I'm still kind of surprised that this won the Printz this year. Overall, it's not a bad collection of stories, and the overall themes of the stories I think will resonate with some teens. But I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think the majority of teens pick up short story anthologies. There have been more and more of them coming out in recent years, and sure, some teens might pick it up if they see their favorite author's name on the cover. But as a whole, I don't think teens are gravitating towards these particular books.

Anyway! There are some great stories in here, which isn't surprising since it's a pretty heavy hitting cast of authors. MT Anderson's was probably the darkest, Jason Reynolds' might have been my favorite. At the end of the day, it's still a short story collection though.