How to Breathe Underwater, Julie Orringer This, the first book written by Orringer, is an excellent collection of original short stories, concentrating mostly on the young and the difficulties they have coming of age as teens or young adults. The problems they face are unique and the way that they a...
The stories are dark, what it is not that bad, if it weren't because of the lack of hope in them. The plots average is a 2 stars, but I'm up grading it to 2.5 since the writing is beautiful. Stories:Pilgrims *When she is Old and I am Famous **The Isabel Fish ****Note to Sixth-Grade Self *The Smoothe...