Shusterman, Neal

A collection of eleven stories featuring a Christmas tree that comes to life, a young girl who trades bodies with an old woman, and a variety of other characters in bizarre situations.

Kevin is entranced when he finds a pair of sunglasses that turn his desires into reality, but then things start to get out of control.

After becoming famous and getting the attention of the daughter of a wealthy New York City developer following his rescue of a little girl from a speeding subway train, Nick looks for other people to rescue.

Kevin is entranced when he finds a pair of sunglasses that turn his desires into reality, but then things start to get out of control.

Presents ten short stories of twisted reality.

Fifteen-year-old Derek, son of the recently deceased American ambassador to the Soviet Union, decides to smuggle a Russian dissident's daughter out of Moscow and achieves a greater understanding of himself, his principles, and his deep-seated feelings for his father.

Even though he has disbanded his Shadow Club, formed to play mean-spirited tricks on his enemies, fourteen-year-old Jared finds himself suspected when a popular boy at school becomes the target of new pranks.

When a junior high school boy and his friends decide to form a club of "second bests" and play anonymous tricks on each other's arch rivals, the harmless pranks escalate until they become life-threatening.

Six superhuman teenagers--the "Star Shards"--must unite despite the temptations of power and the forces of death to save Earth from certain destruction at the hands of an alien race.

The Star Shards, a group of five lost and disfigured souls who were transformed by the explosion of the star Mentarsus-H, must use their new-found powers to confront a terrifying foe.