A collection of nine stories about love and life featuring best friends, princes, trolls, imaginary boys, and Simon Snow. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. In these nine stories, Rowell's characters explore love, life, friendship, and Simon Snow. -- adapted from back cover

"What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks"? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? It's off to summer camp for Midoriya and the U.A. students! But this is no ordinary vacation--it's...

What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks"? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? The confrontation between the heroes and the villains of the Paranormal Liberation Front is about...

"What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called Quirks? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? Midoriya is in the fight of his life--an all-out battle with Overhaul, who has unleashed all of his...

"The U.A. High sports festival is a chance for the budding heroes to show their stuff and find a superhero mentor. The students have already struggled through a grueling preliminary round, but now they have to team up to prove they're capable of moving on to the next stage. The whole country is watching, and so are the shadowy forces that attacked the academy"--Provided by publisher.

"¡Me da igual que sean de la Alianza de villanos o qué, pero han venido a matar a All Might! ¿Que Deku está en un aprieto? ¡Bah! ¿¡Pero qué se han creído todos!? ¡Aplastaré a todos los que me estorben! ¡Plus ultra (más allá)!" --

"Estamos en un mundo donde abundan los superhéroes (y los supervillanos). Los mejores humanos son entrenados en la Academia de Héroes para optimizar sus poderes. Entre la minoria normal, sin poder alguno, aparece Izuku Midoriya, dispuesto a ser una excepción y formarse en la Academia para convertirse en un héroe" --

"Summer vacation is over, and it's back to school for the students of U.A. High! But before classes can get started, Midoriya and Bakugo need to settle a beef between them that's been a long time coming. Even if they can get past this bump in the road on the way to becoming superheroes, the hurdles will just keep getting higher and higher--the hero work studies in the upcoming year will bring them even closer to their goal...or their destruction!"--Page...

"Throughout the years both Rowan and Neil have been at competition with one another on everything from who has the best ideas for school functions to which one will be their graduating class's valedictorian. However, in the twenty-four hours left they have as high school students, the two learn they share something much deeper than a rivalry"-- It's the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair, both overachievers, have been bitter rivals...

"Midoriya has learned a few tricks from Gran Torino, but some things just have to be experienced to be understood. Even though he's not ready, when the League of Villains attacks in the town of Hosu, Midoriya rushes to help Ida, who is engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Hero Killer Stain. Stain has some very particular ideas about heroes and their place in society--and he means to purge every hero he can find!"--Provided by publisher.