On the Fringe

On the Fringe is a book of short stories compiled by different authors. The stories do contain one central topic, youth that are considered outsiders. These outsiders face many different problems. One story focuses on hygiene problems, one is about a boy that is short, thin, and is nervous around his peers, and yet another is about an outcast who took his anger out with a gun at school. These stories did not all focus on one person; several had a cluster of individuals that were in some way or another disliked by the seemingly perfect in-crowd. The stories definitely opened our eyes to a variety of issues that neither one of us had ever imagined existed. We, as a society, tend to close our eyes to so much that are unpleasant. This book brings out that side, the one that no one wants to realize exists.