Our Names Were Written in Stone

First Love. Broken bones. Found friends. Two names written on a basketball court bench. These are only some of the stories in Our Names Were Written in Stone, a collection of six word memoirs and short personal narratives written by 9th and 10th graders at Academy for Young Writers.

Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit 826NYC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students, ages six to eighteen, with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.