Popular Paperbacks: Short Takes
American Eyes: New
Asian-American Short Stories for Young Adults.
Ed. by Lori M. Carlson.
Life through Asian-American eyes. (YA Fic)
Block, Francesca Lia. Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories.
From 'zine writers to rock groupies, young women meet the challenges
of their lives. (YA Fic)
Chicken Soup for
the Teenage Soul II: 101 More Stories of Life, Love, and Learning. Ed. by Jack Canfield.
Another serving. (YA 158)
Crutcher, Chris. Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories.
Featuring characters from Crutcher's novels. (YA Fic)
Dines, Carol. Talk to Me: Stories and a Novella.
Teenage angst ranging from morality to mortality. (YA Fic)
Donoghue, Emma. Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins.
Think fairy tales are full of beautiful, weak women and that strong
handsome men come to the rescue? Think again! (YA Fic)
Galloway, Priscilla. Truly Grim Tales.
Fairy tales with a grisly twist.
Half and Half: Writers
on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural. Ed.
by Claudine Chiawei O'Hearn.
What's it like to be part of a biracial and/or bicultural family?
Jimenez, Francisco. The Circuit: Stories from
the Life of a Migrant Child.
Growing up as a migrant farm worker. (Juv Fic)
Join In: Multiethnic
Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults. Ed. by Donald R. Gallo.
Fitting in isn't easy. (YA Fic)
Kightlinger, Laura. Quick Shots of False Hope:
a Rejection Collection.
Nobody ever promised Laura that life would be perfect.
LeGuin, Ursula K. The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Seventeen Stories
of Fantastic Adventure.
From medieval times to the distant future, survival under every
kind of stress and turmoil.
No Easy Answers:
Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices. Ed. by Donald R. Gallo.
How did I get myself into this? (YA Fic)
Prom Night. Ed. by Nancy Springer.
Some enchanted evenings… (Fic SF)
Reynolds, Marilyn. Beyond Dreams.
Six teens face reality head on.
Spiders in the Hairdo:
Modern Urban Legends. Ed. by
David Holt.
Have you heard the one about… (YA 398.2)
Stay True: Short
Stories for Strong Girls. Ed.
by Marilyn Singer.
You go girl! (Juv Fic)
Sugar in the Raw. Ed. by Rebecca Carroll.
African-American girls in their own words. (305.896 Su32)
Thomas, Rob. Doing Time: Notes from the Undergrad.
The road to graduation is paved with good intentions. (YA
Fic)
Trapped!: Cages
of Mind and Body. Ed. by Lois
Duncan.
Tales of entrapment. (YA Fic)
Twelve Shots: Outstanding
Short Stories about Guns. Ed.
by Harry Mazer.
What can a gun do for you? (YA Fic)
Westall, Robert. Demons and Shadows: the Ghostly Best Stories
of Robert Westall.
Strange, supernatural, and unexpected. (YA Fic M)
What If….?:
Amazing Stories. Ed. by Monica
Hughes.
Are you sure you want to know?
Working Days: Stories
about Teenagers and Work. Ed.
by Anne Mazer.
Get a job! (YA Fic)
World's Shortest
Stories: Murder, Love, Horror, and Suspense.
Ed. by Steve Moss.
Just 55 words each!
5/7/04
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