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Up All Night
by: Peter Abrahams, Libba Bray, David Levithan, Sarah Weeks, Gene Yang, Patricia Mccormick

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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780061370762
ISBN: 0061370762
Label: HarperTeen
Manufacturer: HarperTeen
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: May 01, 2008
Publisher: HarperTeen
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Sales Rank: 555144
Studio: HarperTeen

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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?

This remarkable collection of award-winning and bestselling authors is thought provoking, insightful, heartfelt, and powerful.

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- A powerful collection of stories from brilliant authors
In her introduction to this fine short story collection, editor Laura Geringer says, "I hope you enjoy these unusual tales, as I have, and that whatever you select to take from them stays with you for many days and night to come, waking and dreaming."

Six great writers equal six fantastic short stories in this flawless collection of tales dealing with encounters of the world of sleepless nights. From Peter Abrahams's poignant and ghostly "Phase 2" to the zany appearance in "The Motherless One" of the monkey from Gene Luen Yang's AMERICAN BORN CHINESE, each story has a different twist for situations that people encounter as they skip sleep and struggle through the night.

Libba Bray, author of A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY, offers "Not Just for Breakfast Anymore." Teenager Maggie is trying to adjust to her parents' divorce. But it's not just the divorce --- it's her mother's endless empty chatter ... Read More

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- AWESOME
This is one of the best ideas for a collection that I have ever come across. The stories are as different from one another as can be, with the common thread being that each has a character who stays up all night for some reason. Strong writers, strong material, what's not to love about this book????

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- What Happens in the Night
This is a very difficult book to classify. There are some supernatural elements, but it is not a supernatural book. There are a few love stories, horror stories, stories of family, stories of life, but it doesn't fall into just one category.

The book also doesn't easily fall into a book I liked or a book I disliked because of the wide variety or authors and styles. I defiantly enjoyed Libba Bray's story "It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore" the most, as I felt it had a powerful message and was beautifully written. Sarah Weeks short story "Superman Is Dead" was also a stand-out in the anthology.

I did not, however, think Peter Abrahams' story was all that great. Nor did I really get David Levithan's story, which was surprising because I usually love his work. Though I was entertained by Gene Luen Yang short comic, my first exposure to any of his work, I don't think it (or Patricia McCormick's short ... Read More

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- Only because I'm not a fan of Anthologies
In this anthology, six phenomenal authors answer the question "What would keep you up all night?" The authors are Peter Abrahams, Libba Bray, David Levithan, Patricia McCormick, Sarah Weeks, and Gene Luen Yang.

At first, I thought this book would contain personal stories from these authors, but I soon realized they were fictional short stories. My favorite of the six had to be Libba Bray's short story about a group of four friends who go to a rock concert. Libba Bray, the author of the Great and Terrible Beauty series, is an amazing author. Out of the six stories, hers was the longest and most enjoyable one for me to read.

I also enjoyed the stories by David Levithan and Patricia McCormick. David's story was a little confusing and pointless at first, but I liked the ending. Patricia's story was just plain creepy until the ending, which was hilarious. Sarah Week's story was the saddest. And the other ... Read More

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