Review of I See Reality

By Kristin Elizabeth Clark

A collection of short stories by various YA authors, about issues faced by teens today. Asking hard questions about topics ranging from addiction to immigration, to sexuality to gun violence. In Patrick Flores-Scott's 'The Good Brother', one twin is deported to Mexico in the place of his brother whom he feels deserves the opportunity to live in the US more, although he will have to take on his brother's identity. In Faith Erin Hicks' untitled short comic, a group of teenagers discovers themselves as LGBT at an end-of-high-school pool party, and in Marcella Pixley's lyrical 'Hush', 14-year-old June Bug Jordan copes with her father dying of AIDS and her mother's increasingly obsessive tendencies. These stories, plus others, make up this book that teens should read to gain more perspective and see themselves reflected.