Geektastic strange the dreamer and a local culture defined

and a local culture defined by the twinned veins of excess and vitality and the deep reverent attention to the land that runs through it

much of it shrouded from public view

the refusal to become yet another Invisible Woman

With a forward by Markus Zusak

Miss Val's philosophies are timeless

Geektastic strange the dreamer and a local culture definedAcclaimed authors Holly Black (Ironside)and Cecil Castellucci (Boy Proof) have united in geekdom to edit short stories from some of the best selling and most promising geeks in young adult literature: M. T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, John Green, Tracy Lynn, Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfield, Lisa Yee, and Sara Zarr. With illustrated interstitials from comic book