Elsa Marston
children's author

Rima feels resentful when her Lebanese aunt brings a young man from Lebanon with the intention of giving him a first-class education. Fuad is nice-looking, smart, and polite ... in fact, so "perfect" that it irritates Rima and the others in her rock band. Then the facade cracks, and Rima learns about his past as a militia fighter in the bloody Lebanese war.

Other stories in this excellent collection feature teenagers from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, including Vietnamese, African-American, Indian, Cuban, Chicano, Chinese, Native American, and others.