Short Story Collections
Collections with Various Authors:
Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls (YA FIC Cle)
Fifteen original stories about girls who stand against convention, and girls who wish they could. In turn hilarious, edgy, comforting, intense, the collection is about holding back and letting loose, about sex and glamour and common sense.
Destination Unexpected (YA FIC Des)
Ten extraordinary authors contribute original stories about journeys of discovery, taking readers on a trip they'll never forget--and to destinations they never expected.
Dirty Laundry: Stories About Family Secrets (YA FIC Dir)
A collection of eleven short stories by various authors dealing with situations which a family or family member tries to keep secret because of an underlying problem.
The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Love and Desire (YA FIC Ete)
A volume of original tales for fans of vampire stories and paranormal romance includes contributions by such popular young-adult authors as Holly Black, Libby Bray, and Cecil Castellucci.
Every Man for Himself: Ten Short Stories About Being a Guy (YA FIC Eve)
An anthology of ten short stories about such things as family problems, sexuality and courage, written by well-known authors of children's books, including Ron Koertge, David Levithan, Walter Dean Myers and David Lubar.
Free? Stories Celebrating Human Rights (YA FIC Fre)
An anthology of fourteen stories by young adult authors from around the world, on such themes as asylum, law, education, and faith.
Geektastic: Stories From the Nerd Herd (YA FIC Gee)
A collection of geek-inspired stories for young adults features contributions from such authors as Lisa Yee, Holly Black, Sara Zarr, and M.T. Anderson
Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales (YA FIC Got)
Vampires, ghosts, witches, and haunted houses are featured in this compilation of frightening tales for young readers by various authors, including Joan Aiken, Neil Gaiman, Garth Nix and Celia Rees.
Half Human (YA FIC Hal)
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.
Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories (YA FIC Joi)
Seventeen original short stories by award-winning writers about young adults from diverse ethnic backgrounds illustrate their concerns about friendship and prejudice, expectations and disappointments, connections and confrontations, and other similar issues.
Make Me Over: 11 original stories about transforming ourselves (YA FIC Mak)
A thought provoking approach to a current culture of readily available plastic surgery, makeovers and underlying obsession with beauty, 11 stories delve into the theory, truth, and even occasional humorous side to fascination with reinventing oneself from the outside in.
My Dad’s a Punk: 12 Stories About Boys and Their Fathers (YA FIC My)
Thought-provoking, humorous, and wise, this collection of twelve original stories explores the relationships between fathers and sons, from a boy who longs for a different father, to a boy who has a digital father from the future.
No Easy Answers (YA FIC No)
A collection of sixteen short stories, by Louise Plummer, M.E. Kerr, Jack Gantos, and others, about teenagers in situations that test their character.
No Such Thing as the Real World:Stories About Growing Up And Getting A Life (YA FIC No)
Collects short stories from six young adult authors--An Na, M. T. Anderson, K. L. Going, Beth Kephart, Chris Lynch, and Jacqueline Woodson--that all feature teen protagonists who have to face the "real world" for the first time.
On the Fringe (YA FIC On)
From a star football player standing up for a tormented student to a ruthless bully who tests the faith of a religious girl, a collection of stories embodies the teen “outsider” experience.
Owning It: Stories about teens with disabilities (YA FIC Own)
Ten stories of teenagers facing all of the usual challenges of school, parents, boyfriends and girlfriends, plus the additional complications that come with having a physical or psychological disability.
Pick Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court (YA FIC Pic)
A series of short stories interspersed with poems and photographs provides different perspectives on a game of street ball played one steamy July day at the West 4th Street court in New York City known as The Cage.
Shattered: Stories of Children and War (YA FIC Sha)
Stories explore the ways in which children are affected by war, from two Native American soldiers fighting in the Civil War, to an Afghan girl whose village is destroyed by the Soviets.
Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks Illusionists and Other Matters Odd and Magical (YA FIC Noy)
Ten original tales by modern-day masters of the bizarre. Meet mediums and mummies, spinsters and bearded ladies, circus freaks and monsters of every sort!
Sports Stories (YA FIC Spo)
From baseball and basketball to show-jumping and soccer, an action-packed collection of stories about sports includes contributions by Matt Christopher, Walter Dean Myers, Enid Bagnold, and others.
13: Thirteen Stories that Capture the Agony and the Ecstasy of Being Thirteen (YA FIC Thi)
Collects thirteen stories about moments in a teen's life such as a first kiss and obsessing over a pair of special sneakers.
Tomorrowland: Ten Stories About the Future (YA FIC Tom)
From humor to drama to fiction, a cutting-edge collection of stories from such authors as Rodman Philbrick, Lois Lowry, and Tor Seidler explores the future with such diverse themes as love, hate, the environment, disease, and the fate of the human race.
21 Proms (YA FIC Twe)
A full spectrum of good dates, bad dates, unexpected dates and more is covered in 21 stories from authors including Jacqueline Woodson, Holly Black, Melissa de la Cruz and E. Lockhart,
Up All Night (YA FIC Up)
Presents five short stories about teens who stay up all night, written by award-winning authors such as Libba Bray, David Levithan and Patricia McCormick.
Vacations From Hell (YA FIC Vac)
A collection of five short stories in which a vacation takes a supernatural turn. Includes stories by Libba Bray, Cassandra , Claudia Gray, Maureen Johnson and Sarah Mlynowski.
Whodunit? Detective Stories (YA FIC Who)
Offers a collection of classic detective stories by such mystery writers as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, and Ellery Queen.
Zombies Vs. Unicorns (YA FIC Zom)
Twelve short stories by a variety of authors seek to answer the question of whether zombies are better than unicorns.
Single Author Collections
Girl Goddess #9 by Francesca Lia Block (YA FIC Blo)
Stories about nine remarkable young women include the tales of a girl with two mothers, a girl who keeps a strange blue-skinned creature in her closet, a rock star groupie, and a dancer who loves poetry and moonlight picnics.
Love, Football and Other Contact Sports by Alden Carter
Jock to loner, academic snob to outcast, the author explores and shatters the stereotypes behind the relationships, friends, rumors, peer pressure, sports, bullies, and other assorted forms of mental anguish that come with high school.
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
A collection of short stories featuring characters from earlier books by Chris Crutcher.
You Don’t Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys by Sharon Flake
I sit in your class. I play by the rules. I'm young. I'm fly. I'm black. In 9 stories and 13 poems, Sharon G. Flake gives readers insight into the minds of a diverse group adolescent African American males.
The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns by Brian Jacques
A collection of six short stories which feature a variety of monstrous creatures by the author of the Redwall series.
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
Provides glimpses of the dark side of civilization and the beauty of the human spirit through ten short stories that explore significant moments in people's lives, events leading to them, and their consequences.
White Time by Margo Lanagan
Presents ten short stories, both dark and hopeful, that journey into the past, the future, and altered versions of the present.
How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan
A collection of eighteen stories describing the surprises, sacrifices, doubts, pain, and joy of falling in love.
In the Land of the Lawn Weenies and Other Misadventures by David Lubar
A collection of humorous stories involves some monstrous students, a levitation trick gone wrong, and a boring neighborhood.
Figs and Fate: Stories About Growing Up in the Arab World Today by Elsa Marston
A collection of five stories portraying Arab life in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, and Iraq today.
145th Street by Walter Dean Myers
Set in present day Harlem, this collection of stories presents the tales of a diverse group of people as some struggle with their problems while others dream of their futures.
Out of Bounds by Beverly Naidoo
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.
Ghost Town by Joan Lowery Nixon
A collection of stories about eerie encounters in various ghost towns across the United States. Each story is accompanied by an afterword about the actual town on which the story is based.
Island Boyz by Graham Salisbury
The author's love of Hawaii shines through every story in this collection about testing the waters, testing limits, taking chances, and surviving youth.
Help Wanted by Gary Soto
Ten stories portray some of the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans.
Petty Crimes by Gary Soto
A collection of short stories about Mexican American youth growing up in California's Central Valley.
All Hallow’s Eve: 13 Stories by Vivian Vande Velde
Presents thirteen tales of Halloween horrors, including ghosts, vampires, and pranks gone awry.
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List created for the South Kingstown Public Library by Brandi Kenyon
Updated 05/11.