First Times: Stories Selected by Marthe Jocelyn

It Was September When We Ran Away the First Time

The Other Ones

My Especially Weird Week with Tess

Rent a Boyfriend

Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child

Planet Tad

Bad Best Friend

WOULD YOU RATHER know what’s going to happen or not know?
A summer night. A Saturday. For Natalie’s amazing older sister, Claire, this summer is fantastic, because she’s zooming off to college in the fall. For Natalie, it’s a fun summer with her friends; nothing special. When Claire is hit by a car, the world changes in a heartbeat. Over the next four days, moment by moment, Natalie, her parents, and their friends wait to learn if Claire will ever recover.


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First Times: Stories Selected by Marthe Jocelyn

Marthe Jocelyn, 2007

It Was September When We Ran Away the First Time

D. James Smith, 2008

The Other Ones

Jean Thesman, 1999

My Especially Weird Week with Tess

Anna Woltz, 2013

Rent a Boyfriend

Gloria Chao, 2020

Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child

Maria T. Lennon, 2013

Planet Tad

Tim Carvell, 2012

Bad Best Friend

Rachel Vail, 2020