Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003.

What's the worst that could happen? / Bruce Coville -- Kate the great / Meg Cabot -- If you kiss a boy / Alex Sanchez -- Thirteen and a half / Rachel Vail -- Jeremy Goldblatt is so not Moses / James Howe -- Black holes and basketball sneakers / Lori Aurelia Williams -- Picky eater / Stephen Roos -- Such foolishness / Maureen Ryan Griffin -- Noodle soup for nincompoops / Ellen Wittlinger -- Squid girl / Todd Strasser -- Angel & Aly / Ron Koertge -- Nobody stole Jason Grayson / Carolyn Mackler -- Tina the teen fairy / Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin.

Contains thirteen short stories in which the authors explore what it is like to be thirteen, including selections by Bruce Coville, Meg Cabot, James Howe, and others.

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