Trisha wants to write something that will please her demanding writing teacher, who is rumored to have never given a student an A.

Eighteen-year-old Laila Piedra is a biracial aspiring author whose creative writing teacher always told her she has a special talent, so when he suddenly dies and is replaced by Nadiya Nazarenko, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who is sadistically critical and perpetually unimpressed, Laila grows obsessed with gaining the woman's approval and is led to believe she must choose between perfection and sanity, but rejecting her all-powerful mentor may...

High school senior Reshma Kapoor will stop at nothing to gain admission to Stanford, including writing a novel.

Arthur has to write a story as a homework assignment and keeps changing his idea of what to write as he talks to his friends.

On a misty morning, Henry, a bear modeled after Henry David Thoreau, shows his awareness of nature as he helps neighbors during his walk to work.

Bored with sweet, boring picture books about cute and fluffy creatures, a group of unpopular animals tries to write an adventure story featuring themselves, with unwanted help from over-eager Bunny.

Wade and Demarius go to author Ian Tremblin's home as judges of the second writing contest but soon are mysteriously transported to Daemon Hall, where they and the three finalists must tell--and act out--the stories each has written.

When the author of the story falls asleep, the illustrator takes over and writes a story about a penguin princess wishing her older sister to the moon.

Tapir has a new notebook and pencils but, unlike his friends, can think of nothing to write and is ready to give up when he finds a better way to communicate--through drawing.

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, Mo, who repairs and binds books for a living, can read fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.