Illusions

Résumé du livre

In this collection of short stories by 14 teen authors, the everyday world veils secret realms, alternate universes, and the past. A girl seeks to understand the link between a mark on her skin and her mother's death, and a young man, kidnapped by pirates, seeks revenge. Alone in the clouds, a girl wakes with a task. A boy with an instruction manual struggles to protect humanity. Memories are erased, and humankind has disappeared. Heroic battles unfold, characters travel sideways in time, and a girl meditates beside a pond of bones. A girl warrior's enemy rises from a video game, and a fortune cookie foretells doom. Vials of potion preserve youth and deform a bird. Black daisies warn intruders, and in a remote corner of the rainforest, an army of ants sings.