The young authors of 826DC’s After-School Writing Lab have never shied away from the big questions. In their new anthology, Do You Understand?, they tackle some of the most universal human experiences — navigating conflict, misunderstanding, and growing to understand new perspectives. They do so with tenacity, wit, and whimsy.
Spanning fantastical worlds, city streets, and school hallways, the collection invites readers into stories where video game characters, wizards, and anthropomorphic cats grapple with the same challenges the rest of us face every day. The result is an anthology that is equal parts imaginative and deeply human.
Neue Now created the cover and interior book design, aiming to capture the overwhelming feeling of being a young person navigating life’s steady downpour of big questions and pivotal interactions.
The foreword was written by Kwame Mbalia; the introduction, by Lauren Patrick.
