Don't listen to the a**holes / Atia Abawi -- TK / Renée Ahdieh -- Before and after / Libba Bray -- The dreadful summer of 1991 / Howard Bryant -- The two types of secrets / Ally Carter -- Rundown / Ally Condie -- Letter words / James Dashner -- Baseball pasta / Christina Diaz Gonzalez -- Shot of hope / Gayle Forman -- Caution: this hope is NSFW (but it shouldn't be) / I. W. Gregorio -- Wings and teeth / Kate Hart -- TK / David Levithan -- Different dances / Alex London -- TK / Marie Lu -- Hoping for home / Julie Murphy -- TK / Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely -- Born in Argentina, made in America: the immigrant identity / Romina Russell -- The only one I can apologize for / Aisha Saeed -- Always / Nic Stone -- Now more than ever / Angie Thomas -- In the past / Jenny Torres Sanchez -- Nobody remembers the names of people who build walls / Jeff Zentner.

"To help embolden hope, here is a powerhouse collection of essays and letters that speak directly to teens and all YA readers"-- Provided by publisher.