Boxed set titles

Hi Phyllis! Longtime reader who is not revisiting the high school years during quarantine. I’m so pleased you’re still answering questions and engaging with readers! I was wondering how the high school-aged boxed set titles (Please Don’t Be True; You, Me and the Space In Between, etc.) got their names. Are they direct quotes from the books? Or a phrase representing some of the key themes in each collection? Did you come up with the names? Or the publisher? Thanks so much for your time!

A reader who is not revisiting or is now revisiting her high school years?  I’m glad you’re being entertained!  Actually, the editor came up with those titles as representing some of the key themes in each collection.  Long titles were pretty popular for a while–still are–and I liked them too.