Rachel Barber

Welcome to the Mulberry Lane neighbourhood, where the end of the school year and the cherished, warm, and carefree months mean freedom and fun. Spending the summer at home can seem boring for some, but the kids of Mulberry Lane are not ones to complain. With school out, the temperatures hot, and the endless days belonging to them, the kids find exciting activities to engage in. Home for the Summer... What Will They Do? is a great book for capturing the mind of young readers with the promise of how they can experience adventure and amazement while spending their summer vacation at home. Come along with the kids of Mulberry Lane as they make the most of their summer vacation.

This anthology collects nine exceptional novels that were written by high school students from New York City during the summer of 2005 in 826NYC's Young Adult Writers' Colony. Ranging from comedic, to fiercly political, to deeply personal, these novels are immensely entertaining and forecast a bright future for this brand new generation of novelists. As novelist Richard Powers says in his foreword, "There comes a time when we must decide whether we love the world enough to hand it over to its next lover . . . [This is a book of] nine worlds that nine people could not find and so had to make themselves. Here it is before you: how the story ends this time. And how it starts again."