Quick Reads
Short Stories for Teens
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Quick Reads |
| Color | Color of Absence: Twelve Stories About Loss and Hope (2001) Popular teen authors write about young people experiencing different kinds of loss. |
| Crutcher, Chris | Angry Management (2009) Like Athletic Shorts (1991), these stories feature old and new characters from earlier Crutcher novels. |
| Dahl, Roald | Skin and Other Stories (2000) Introduces teens to the adult short stories of Roald Dahl. |
| DeLint, Charles | Waifs and Strays (2002) Magic, vampires, deception, and good versus evil collide to form a well blended book of short stories. |
| Destination | Destination Unexpected (2003) Tales of intriguing teen journeys are spun by ten outstanding teen authors. |
| Every | Every Man For Himself: Ten Short Stories About Being a Guy (2005) An anthology of stories about such things as family problems, sexuality, and courage by well-known authors. |
| Firebirds | Firebirds Soaring (2009) Third in the collection of original stories by today’s finest fantasy and science fiction writers. |
| First | First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants (2004) Stories of teens from countries around the world that have immigrated to the United States. |
| Flake, Sharon | Who Am I Without Him?: Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives (2004) From funny and uplifting to disturbing and sad, ten stories about relationships. |
| Gaiman, Neil | M is for Magic (2007) Eleven stories that involve strange and fantastical events. |
| Girls | Girls Got Game: Sports Stories & Poems (2001) A collection of stories written by and about young women in sports. |
| Half | Half-Human (2001) Stories about creatures who are part-human and part-animal or part-plant and their identity struggles. |
| Hearne, Betsy Gould | The Canine Connection: Stories About Dogs and People (2003) Twelve stories that reflect the varied ways that dogs and humans relate. |
| Levithan, David | How They Met and Other Stories (2008) A collection of eighteen stories describing the surprises, sacrifices, doubts, pain, and joy of falling in love. |
| Lanagan, Margo | Red Spikes (2006) Supernatural stories that delve into the crevices of nightmare, temptation, and helplessness. |
| Link, Kelly | Pretty Monsters (2008) Weirdly wonderful with a touch of horror, nine stories take readers into realistic worlds with a fantastic twist. |
| Lubar, David | Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales (2009) Fourth book in the “Weenies” short story collections that include funny, scary, and bizarre tales. |
| Marr, Melissa | Love is Hell (2008) Five stories of supernatural romance by popular authors. |
| Myers, Walter Dean | 145th Street (2000) Ten stories portray life on a block in Harlem. |
| Oates, Joyce Carol | Small Avalanches and Other Stories (2003) 12 short stories that feature tales of seduction, abduction, miscued love, family tragedy, and reconciliation. |
| On | On The Fringe (2001) Well-known young adult authors write about kids who are geeks, emotionally fragile, and loners. |
| Outside | Outside Rules: Short Stories About Nonconformist Youth (2007) An anthology of fourteen stories about teens who do not quite fit in. |
| Peters, Julie Ann | Grl2grl (2007) Stories that explore the complexities of love, romance and dating for gay teenage girls. |
| Places | Places I Never Meant To Be (1999) Stories and short essays on censorship by twelve authors whose works have been challenged in the past. |
| Porte, Barbara Ann | Beauty and the Serpent: Thirteen Tales of Unnatural Animals (2001) A collection of offbeat supernatural stories involving fantastic animals. |
| Prom | Prom Nights From Hell(2007) Popular teen authors write a collection of horror stories that all are set during high school proms. |
| Rice, David | Crazy Loco (2003) Nine stories about Mexican-American kids growing up in the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas. |
| Rush | Rush Hour, Volume One: Sin (2004) One of four books with stories, essays and poetry with a different theme (v.2 Bad Boys, v.3 Face, v.4 Reckless) |
| Saldaña, René | Finding Our Way (2003) A range of stories from family and first dates, to going to the prom and getting expelled from school. |
| Shattered | Shattered: Stories of Children and War (2004) From the U.S. Civil War to present times, stories of the effects of war with settings in a variety of countries. |
| Shelf | Shelf Life: Stories By The Book (2003) Stories by popular teen authors in which the lives of teens are changed by their encounters with books. |
| Shining | Shining On: 11 Star Authors’ Illuminating Stories (2007) Short stories that focus on the ability of teens to deal with and triumph over the problems that life brings. |
| Such | Such a Pretty Face: Short Stories About Beauty (2007) A collection of wild, funny, and thought-provoking stories by well-known young adult writers. |
| Thirteen | 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen (2003) Popular teen authors write original stories about being the pivotal age of thirteen. |
| Thomas, Rob | Doing Time: Notes From the Undergrad (1997) Stories about a student’s mandatory 200 hours of community service and the teen’s response to the project. |
| Twenty | 21 Proms (2007) A collection of stories centered around prom written by well-known young adult authors. |
| Twice | Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Art (2006) 9 drawings are translated into a story by two different authors who imagine what is going on in the picture. |
| Vande Velde, Vivian | All Hallow’s Eve: 13 Stories (2006) Tales of Halloween horrors, including ghosts, vampires, and pranks gone awry. |
| What | What A Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music (2004) Twelve stories describe the power of music on young people. |
| What | What Are You Afraid Of? Stories About Phobias (2006) Stories by popular authors featuring teens with phobias, including fear of gaining weight, clowns, and cats. |
| World’s | The World’s Shortest Stories (1995) Truly short stories, all about 55 words long with themes of murder, love, horror, and suspense. |
August 2009