Short Story Collections
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American Eyes: New Asian American Short Stories For Young Adults These ten stories reflect the conflict Asian- Americans face in balancing an ancient heritage and an unknown future. subjects: Asian Americans, Short Stories |
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Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories These stories feature new voices as well as characters from Chris Crutcher's acclaimed popular novels. subjects: Short Stories |
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Being Dead: Stories Seven supernatural stories, all having something to do with death, are presented in this book. subjects: Supernatural, Horror Stories, Short Stories |
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Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth Walter Dean Myers and Laurence Yep are among the authors featured in this collection of fourteen short stories. The stories reflect diverse viewpoints and geographic areas. They also find much to savor about life in the big city. subjects: Young Adult Fiction, City and Town Life, Short Stories |
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The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope This powerful collection of stories deals with the many forms of loss, whether due to infirmities of age, death, or the end of relationships. Features works by Avi, James Howe, Walter Dean Myers, Chris Lynch, Norma Fox Mazer, and others. subjects: Loss (Psychology), Short Stories |
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Crazy Loco: Stories This collection features nine stories about Mexican-American kids growing up in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas. subjects: Mexican Americans, Texas, Short Stories |
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Destination Unexpected The characters in these stories experience things that change the way they look at the world, and at themselves. As distinct as they are compelling, these ten tales of intriguing teenage journeys are spun by ten outstanding authors. subjects: Young Adult Fiction-American, Coming of Age, Short Stories |
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Face Relations: 11 Stories About Seeing Beyond Color In this collection of original, groundbreaking stories, prominent authors such as Ellen Wittlinger, Joseph Bruchac, and Naomi Shihab Nye tackle issues of diversity, race, tolerance, and the tensions that young people have navigate daily. subjects: Short Stories, Interpersonal Relations |
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Finding Our Way These Stories Take the reader to meet mochos; cholos; Mr. and Mrs. Special; Manny with his mysterious phone calls; Melly, who dreams of being the first girl to take the Dive; Andy and Ruthie, who find that being "boyfriend-girlfriend" takes on new meaning the night of the prom; and Chuy, who seems determined to get kicked out of school. Each distinct voice shares secret thoughts that draw the reader into daily dramas of love, danger, loyalty, and pride. In the final story, a subjects: Mexican Americans, Short Stories |
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First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs. subjects: Emigration and Immigration, Young Adult Fiction, Short Stories |
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Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories Includes nine stories about girls of every age, shape, and size, who are learning that the world is not a simple place and that there is more than one way to live. subjects: Short Stories |
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Gothic!: Ten Original Dark Tales Drawing on dark fantasy and the fairy tale as well as horror and wild humor, ten acclaimed authors pay homage to the gothic tale in wide-ranging stories of the supernatural and surreal. subjects: Supernatural, Horror Tales, Short Stories |
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Half-Human A collection of stories about such creatures as mermaids and centaurs, who are part-human and part-animal or part-plant, and their struggles to understand their true identity. subjects: Animals-Mythical, Metamorphosis, Identity, Short Stories |
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I Believe in Water An anthology of stories for teenagers exploring the topics of religion, belief, and spirituality by award-winning authors, including M.E. Kerr, Kyoko Mori, and Virginia Euwer Wolff. subjects: Religions, Spirituality, Short Stories |
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An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings. subjects: Puerto Ricans-United States, Short Stories |
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Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth Ten frank and honest short stories offer teens a look at the complete spectrum of love and sexuality. This compilation includes works by Chris Lynch, Joan Bauer, Garth Nix, Laurie Halse Anderson, and others. subjects: Short Stories |
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Necessary Noise: Stories About our Families as They Really Are When posed the question about what family means today, young adult authors, such as Joan Bauer, Lois Lowry, Walter Dean Myers, and Nikki Grimes, respond with stories about all sorts of family units. subjects: Family, Young Adult Fiction-America, Short Stories |
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145th Street: Stories These powerful, gripping stories that capture the heartbeat of one memorable block in Harlem, range from humor and celebration to terror and grief. subjects: Harlem (New York, N.Y.), African Americans, Short Stories |
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Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope Seven stories, spanning the time period from 1948 to 2000, chronicle the experiences of young people from different races and ethnic groups as they try to cope with the restrictions placed on their lives by South Africa's apartheid laws. subjects: Apartheid, Race Relations-South Africa, Short Stories |
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Skin and Other Stories Thirteen spellbinding tales. Who could imagine that a woman might use a frozen leg of lamb to kill her husband--and feed it to the investigating police? or that a greedy group of art dealers would separate a man from a picture on his back. Dahl presents the wacky and weird with his usual finesse. subjects: Short Stories |
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Tomorrowland: Ten Stories About the Future From humor and drama to fiction on the edge, ten award-winning authors invite readers to view the future through stories of insight and diversity. Includes stories by Lois Lowery, Katherine Paterson, and Jon Scieszka. subjects: Science Fiction, Short Stories |
List updated March 2005—Patti Cook
