Rural Voices

As a former small-towner, I enjoyed this! It was a pretty quick, engaging read overall (some of my favs were “The (Unhealthy) Breakfast Club” by Monica Roe, “Fish and Fences” by Veeda Bybee, “Best in Show” by Tizah Price, and “Island Rodeo Queen” by Yamile Saied Mendez, while a few others didn't really click as much for me). I think it's always a little tough to get teens to pick up anthologies for leisure reading unless they have particular ties to the subject or are die-hard fans of specific authors included, so I think this might be a hard sell for a lot of kids in my particular area. It might be more popular in more, um, rural areas. Also good for classrooms looking for short stories.