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Around That Age I Liked to Play With Fire
Around That Age I Liked to Play With Fire
Around That Age I Liked to Play With Fire

Around That Age I Liked to Play With Fire

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“With candor and an open heart, these students from Curie Metro High School give voice to their generation, give voice to what it is to be a teenager.”
- Alex Kotlowitz

This anthology features 100+ personal narratives by 10th graders from Curie Metropolitan High School, which explore themes of power and place. These young authors have written about extraordinary real-life circumstances in bold and courageous prose, including stories of overcoming and transforming life's most intense moments. 

Young Authors Book Project (YABP) from 2015.