This gutsy collection of fifteen original short stories offers a variety of answers to this question with thoughtfulness, heart, and the occasional wink. Compiled by bestselling author Tamora Pierce and folklorist/author Josepha Sherman, Young Warriors includes stories by some of today's most acclaimed and beloved fantasy and science-fiction authors for both adults and young adults.
Acts of Faith • • novelette by Lesley McBain
Afterword • • essay by Josepha Sherman
An Axe for Men • • short story by Rosemary Edghill
Devil Wind • • novelette by India Edghill
Eli and the Dybbuk • • novelette by Janis Ian
Emerging Legacy • [Wolverine's Daughter • 1.5] • • novelette by Doranna Durgin
Heartless • • short story by Holly Black
Hidden Warriors • • short story by Margaret Mahy
Introduction • • essay by Tamora Pierce
Lioness • • short story by Pamela F. Service
Serpent's Rock • • novelette by Laura Anne Gilman
Student of Ostriches • [Song of the Lioness] • • novelette by Tamora Pierce
Swords That Talk • • short story by Brent Hartinger
The Boy Who Cried "Dragon!" • • short story by Mike Resnick
The Gift of Rain Mountain • • short story by Bruce Holland Rogers
The Magestone • • short story by Janet Stirling and S. M. Stirling [as by Jan Stirling and S. M. Stirling]
Thunderbolt • • short story by Esther M. Friesner [as by Esther Friesner]
This gutsy collection of fifteen original short stories offers a variety of answers to this question with thoughtfulness, heart, and the occasional wink. Compiled by bestselling author Tamora Pierce and folklorist/author Josepha Sherman, Young Warriors includes stories by some of today's most acclaimed and beloved fantasy and science-fiction authors for both adults and young adults.
Acts of Faith • • novelette by Lesley McBain
Afterword • • essay by Josepha Sherman
An Axe for Men • • short story by Rosemary Edghill
Devil Wind • • novelette by India Edghill
Eli and the Dybbuk • • novelette by Janis Ian
Emerging Legacy • [Wolverine's Daughter • 1.5] • • novelette by Doranna Durgin
Heartless • • short story by Holly Black
Hidden Warriors • • short story by Margaret Mahy
Introduction • • essay by Tamora Pierce
Lioness • • short story by Pamela F. Service
Serpent's Rock • • novelette by Laura Anne Gilman
Student of Ostriches • [Song of the Lioness] • • novelette by Tamora Pierce
Swords That Talk • • short story by Brent Hartinger
The Boy Who Cried "Dragon!" • • short story by Mike Resnick
The Gift of Rain Mountain • • short story by Bruce Holland Rogers
The Magestone • • short story by Janet Stirling and S. M. Stirling [as by Jan Stirling and S. M. Stirling]
Thunderbolt • • short story by Esther M. Friesner [as by Esther Friesner]