Short Stories

Short Stories
TITLE & AUTHOR	SYNOPSIS
145^th Street: Short Stories MYERS, W	Wrenchingly honest of short stories capturing the heartbeat of one memorable block in Harlem.
8 Plus 1* CORMIER, R	Collection of nine stories that offer young readers insight into various types of adult relationships.
Am I Blue? BAUER, M (ed.)	Sixteen short stories about gay adolescent experiences.
American Dragons: Twenty-Five Asian American Voices YEP, Y (ed.)	A collection of short stories, poems and dramatic pieces on what it is like to grow up Asian American.
American Eyes. New Asian Short Stories For Young Adults* CARLSON, L	Short stories exploring the conflicts young people feel living in two distinct worlds - one of memories and traditions, and one of today.
And We Sold The Rain: Contemporary Fiction SANTOS, R (ed.)	This is a collection of short stories from Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories CRUTCHER, C	Six deeply touching stories in which the reader revisits some memorable characters from the author's distinguished novels.
Ballad Of The Sad Café And Other Stories MCCULLERS, C	A collection of McCuller's best short stories about grotesque people and situations in the southern United States.
Bearing Witness, Stories Of The Holocaust ROCHMAN, H & MCCAMPBELL, D	Diverse and powerful introduction to Holocaust literature through stories, poems and memoirs.
Dancing Girls And Other Stories ATWOOD, M	A collection of short stories which offers readers fourteen meditations on the complexities of human relationships, evoking terror, laughter and compassion.
Doing Time* THOMAS, R	Each of these ten short stories focuses on a high school student's mandatory 200 hours of community service and the youth's response to the required project.
Effects Of Knut Hansun On A Fresno Boy SOTO, G	Forty-eight narrative memoirs that move from childhood memories, to reflections on poverty, to the joys and heartbreaks of love.
El Bronx Remembered* MOHR, N	In the South Bronx - or El Bronx - anything can happen. A migrant "fresh off the boat" from Puerto Rico can be somebody on the mainland, pursue the American Dream ... and maybe even make it come true. Stories that capture the flavor and beat of El Bronx in its heyday, from 1946-1956.
Everything That Rises Must Converge O’CONNOR, F	This collection of short stories is an exquisite legacy from a genius of the American short story. They encompass the comic and the tragic, the beautiful and the grotesque.
First Sightings. Contemporary Stories Of American Youth LOUGHERY, J (ed.)	Twenty short stories, written by some of America's best contemporary writers.
Fishing For Chickens: Short Stories About Rural Youth HEYNEN, J	Seventeen short stories that take readers into the lives of young people growing up in rural America.
Flying With The Eagle, Racing The Great Bear: Stories From Native North America BRACHAT, J	Celebrated collection of authentic tribal tales drawn from sixteen native North American cultures.
Gathering Of Flowers: Stories About Being Young In America* THOMAS, J (ed.)	Collection of short stories celebrating the diversity of races and cultures in America.
Ghostly Tales Of Love And Revenge* COHEN, D	Thirteen ghost stories revolving around the themes of ill-fated love and revenge.
Girl Goddess #9* BLOCK, F	A collection of nine stories about pre- and post-adolescent females and their coming to grips - or not - with the world.
Girls At War, And Other Stories ACHEBE, C	Twelve stories that recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confront contemporary Africans on a daily basis.
Gods, Heroes And Men Of Ancient Greece ROUSE, W	Ye gods and goddesses! Life among amongst them was lively as these tales of valor and love and romance will verify.
Going Where I'm Coming from : Memoirs of American Youth MAZER, A (ed.)	Multicultural perspective on establishing identity and experiencing life as a young person. Well-known writers recall things from their growing up with perception and poignancy.
Good Man Is Hard To Find, And Other Stories O’CONNOR, F	Flannery O'Conner exposes the underside of life in the rural south of the United States with a keen eye for the dark side of human nature, an amazing ear for dialogue, and a necessary sense of irony.
Green Flash, And Other Tales Of Horror, Suspense And Fantasy AIKEN, J	James Wing, a reporter, warns his best friend's widow that the beautiful bay she and her neighbors had struggled to save was going to be sold to developers. Now the developers have set their sights on Kat Hubble, and they'll do anything, use anyone, to stop her from interfering in their plans.
Growing Up Asian American HONG, M (ed.)	A cornucopia of stories and essays by today's Asian American writers who share their thoughts and feelings on growing up in a culture not their own.
Growing Up Chicano LOPEZ, T (ed.)	Hispanic writers present a selection of stories and essays on their cultural heritage and lifestyle.
Growing Up Ethnic In America: Contemporary Fiction about Learning to Be American GILLAN, M	Some of America's brightest voices in pieces that shed light on the many ways individuals from distinctly ethnic backgrounds come to terms with the multicultural terrain that is America.
Growing Up Native American RILEY, P (ed.)	A bounty of Native American writers provides stories and essays on their cultural heritage and lifestyle.
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents ALVAREZ, J	Fifteen interconnected stories portray the immigrant experience with humor and insight when the four Garcia girls come to America from the Dominican Republic in 1960.
I Sing The Body Electric! And Other Stories BRADBURY, R	Spellbinding collection of short stories that mixes horror, science fiction and fantasy.
Illustrated Man BRADBURY, R	Eighteen stories of this and other worlds, as revealed in a series of pictures on the body of an illustrated man.
In Love And Trouble: Stories Of Black Women WALKER, A	The lives of many black women and the hardships that they went through are described in this collection of short stories.
Into The Widening World, International Coming-Of-Age Stories LOUGHERY (ed.)	A unique anthology of contemporary short stories about young people throughout the world.
Island Like You: Stories Of The Barrio COFER, J	Simultaneously funny and serious collection of short stories revealing the isolated lives of teenagers wobbling between two clashing cultures - childhood and adulthood.
Kissing The Witch: Old Tales in New Skins DONOGHUE, E	A collection of thirteen interconnected stories that give old fairy tales a new twist.
Krik? Krak! DANTICAT, E	A Haitian-American writer of subtle power and great beauty presents a collection of intimate stories about the raw longings of people for some chance at peace and happiness for themselves and their imprisoned society, about existence contorted by forced separation, and of personal lives shot through with terror.
Leaving Home ROCMAN, H (ed.)	Fifteen distinguished authors explore personal journeys of young people.
Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven ALEXIE, S	Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, presents contemporary life on the Spokane Indian Reservation through 22 linked stories.
Metamorphosis KAFKA, F	The best-known novellas and stories of one of the seminal writers of the twentieth century. Included are "The Judgment ", "A Country Doctor " and "A Hunger Artist".
Murder And Obsession* PENZLER, O	From lethal spikes to fatal kisses, here is Murder & Obsession, a -studded collection of previously unpublished short mysteries.
Necking With Louise* BOOK, R	16-year-old Eric Anderson comes of age in these humorous short stories of a likable adolescent's day-to-day trials, including death, racial prejudice and love's cruel disappointments.
Night Shift KING, S	Anthology that features the classic stories "Children of the Corn," "The Lawnmower Man," "Graveyard Shift," "The Mangler," and "Sometimes They Come Back" - which were all made into hit horror films.
Night Terrors DUNCAN, L (ed.)	Spellbinding short stories set in the shadow world that appears when the sun goes down, where experiences more terrifying than nightmares can happen.
Night Terrors. Stories Of Shadow And Substance* DUNCAN, L (ed.)	Nighttime: a time of enveloping dark, eerie shadows and strange noises. Eleven award-winning young adult authors share their views of the dark in this spellbinding collection of original short stories, each one distinct from the next.
No Easy Answers, Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices* GALLO, D (ed.)	Sixteen original short stories involving moral and ethical issues. Individuals face the consequences of their actions and consider what it means to "do the right thing".
October Country BRADBURY, R	Ray Bradbury's first short story collection is back in print, its chilling encounters with fun house mirrors, parasitic accident-watchers and strange poker chips intact.
Odder Than Ever* COVILLE, B	Witty, wise and weird - nine immensely satisfying and thought-provoking short stories.
On The Edge. Stories At The Brink* DUNCAN, L	What does it mean to be "on the edge"? On the edge of a cliff, on the edge of freedom, on the edge of heartbreak, on the edge of.... Twelve stellar authors explore the possibilities of being on the edge in this collection of original stories.
On The Edge: Stories At The Brink DUNCAN, L (ed.)	Outstanding collection of short stories by contemporary Young Adult authors.
Oxford Book Of Irish Short Stories TREVOR, W (ed.)	Spanning the entire history of the Irish short story, from folk tales to modern writing, this is the broadest ranging anthology available. Included are such masters as James Joyce, Elizabeth Bowen and Frank O'Connor.
Penguin Complete Ghost Stories JAMES, M	If you like British Edwardian ghost stories, this book is the perfect companion for a dark night by the fire.
South African Short Stories HIRSON, D	Short stories from South Africa reflecting the realities of apartheid and the many reactions to its presence in peoples' lives.
Teen Ink: Our Voices, Our Visions MEYER, J & MEYER, S (COMP.)	Compelling collection of honest writing from teens for teens on all areas of teenage life.
Twelve Shots MAZER, H (ed.)	In a dozen riveting new works of short fiction, written especially for this collection, popular contemporary authors explore the emotion-driven world of guns.
Ultimate Sports* GALLO, D (ed.)	The mix of traditional and non-traditional sports, young male and female protagonists, and serious and comic styles forms an anthology that takes readers right into the heart of sports action.
Visions: Nineteen Short Stories By Outstanding Writers For Young Adults* GALLO, D (ed.)	Nineteen short stories dealing with teenage concern.
When Nobody's Home* GOROG, R	Fifteen terrifying short stories about baby-sitting, and the awful things that happens when nobody's home.
Whisper In The Night: Tales Of Terror AIKEN, J	A collection of 13 short stories involving horror and the supernatural.
Who Do You Think You Are? ROCHMAN, H & MCCAMPBELL, D (ed.)	Thought-provoking collection of stories that explore the complexities of friendship that challenge teenagers everywhere.
Wilderness Tips ATWOOD, M	Set mainly in Toronto or in the Canadian woods, the ten beautifully controlled tales in Atwood's new collection testify to the unpredictability of life, its missed connections, unsolvable mysteries and the lightning passage of time.
Woman Hollering Creek And Other Stories CISNEROS, S	Stories that depict the variety of life on the Mexico-US border as portrayed through the wisdom and vibrant dreams of an exceptional woman.
Working Days, Short Stories About Teenagers At Work MAZER, H (ed.)	Teenage protagonists discover the world of work and the world through work, and that work helps us not only to survive, but to dream of new horizons.
Working Days. Short Stories About Teenagers At Work* MAZER, A (ed.)	Fifteen stories relate the experiences of teenagers working for many different reasons in a variety of jobs.
Zebra And Other Stories* POTOK, C	Six stories about young people who experience moments of crisis, grief and hope through a life-challenging event.