I read this aloud to my 14y/o, the rating is an average of the total score they gave each story (44) divided by the number of stories (11). 

This is the sort of anthology that can either really work, or really doesn't, where each of the stories really contributes to the theme as a whole. Here we have a group of teen-equivalent aliens on an unsanctioned mission to Earth to rescue one of their own. The landing doesn't go as hoped, escape pods are cast off, and each crew member ends up in a different location. 

We kept yelling at them every time they revealed themselves to a new human (bc we suck and why would you take that chance) and also laughed a lot at how many of the stories seemed to revolve around the human kids hoping to get scholarships to escape their hometowns.

While we really did enjoy almost the whole thing (only one story was a dud in our opinion, but the 14y/o wouldn't let me skip it in case it was important later), the following were their favourites:

"Prologue: No Strangers to Love" by Vanya Stoyanova and Rosiee Thor - "This was a lot of fun, a great intro, and I LOVED the use of Rick Astley."

"Username: I'm An Actual Human" by Eric Smith - "I love everything about this story, it was so fun and funny, and I want to be Dexin's online friend."

"Parts of a System" by SJ Whitby - "I knew I was going to love this bc I LOVE SJ Whitby, but I wasn't prepared for how MUCH I loved it. I haven't really come across too many stories featuring enbies who were socialized male, so that was really cool. Find out if anyone has recommendations for that, please?"

We will be checking out a few of the other authors' works, and recommending this as a purchase for our local library.