Up All Night by Peter Abrahams, Libba Bray, David Levithan, Patricia McCormick, Sarah Weeks, Gene Luen Yang, & Ariel Pollak
A brush with the supernatural? A rock concert? A reunion? A poolside revelation? The need to know what's up? The confessions of a friend? The dream of escape? A sick pet? An English assignment? The rear-window view of a murder next door? The search for the mother you never met? What keeps you up all night?
Smee Bucket- This is a compilation of six short stories written by said authors. The stories vary in quality and subject matter, but that all center around a teen who is up all night for whatever reason. Some stories are excellent and fun to read, while others are only so-so. A few deal with sexuality, and a few have very strong language. The last story, to me, is very off-putting. While the first five are more or less realistic fiction, the sixth story is a comic strip about a monkey and his search for something. Unlike the other stories, which were moving one way or another (even the ones I didn't like), the sixth story read like a fable. I don't know why the authors ended this anthology with the monkey comic, but hey, maybe you'll like it.
Rating: 5 out of 10
