The Kissing Game: Short Stories - Hardcover

In this collection of original short stories (only one has appeared in print in the U.S. before), Aidan explores moments of truth, when a character or event reveal an often surprising meaning. A girl loses her humanity when she takes a summer job as a theme-park character; a boy believes he sees a girl jump to her death, only to discover the same event happened 100 years before--these provocative stories lend themselves beautifully to discussion. The titular story in particular, in which what begins as an innocent game turns deadly, will haunt the reader for a long time after.

Aidan Chambers has received international acclaim for his provocative and challenging novels for teens and young adults. Among many prizes, he has won the Carnegie Medal and the Michael L. Printz Award for Postcards from No Man's Land, and the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for the body of his work. He is the author of a number of Abrams' titles and he lives in Gloucestershire with his wife Nancy.