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The Dancing sun: a celebration of Canadian children
By Jan Andrews. 1981
The best fiction of Rudyard Kipling
By Rudyard Kipling. 1989
Toil and trouble: 15 tales of women & witchcraft
By Nova Ren Suma, Brenna Yovanoff, Elizabeth May, Andrea Cremer, Zoraida Córdova, Jessica Spotswood, Brandy Colbert, Robin Talley, Lindsay Smith, Emery Lord, Tess Sharpe, Shveta Thakrar, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Kate Hart. 2018
Compilation of fifteen feminist tales of women embracing their magical powers and witchcraft. In Tehlor Kay Mejia's "Starsong," sixteen-year-old Esperanza,…
a bruja, surprises herself when she connects on social media with a skeptic, a NASA-loving girl. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Cuentos breves para ir y venir (Punto de lectura)
By Ignacio Aldecoa, Nuria Barrios. 2009
Fifteen short stories by Spanish and Latin American authors that evoke travel by car, truck, bus, airplane, boat, motorcycle, or…
bicycle. Includes works by Benedetti, Cortazár, García Márquez, Pérez-Reverte, and others. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2010Best shorts: favorite short stories for sharing (Best Shorts)
By Chris Raschka, Carolyn Shute. 2006
Twenty-four short stories by such well-known children's authors as Lloyd Alexander, Natalie Babbitt, and Richard Peck. Includes Washington Irving's classic…
"Rip Van Winkle," Frank Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger," and a contemporary tale about ghosts who use cell phones. Afterword by Newbery Medal-winner Katherine Paterson. For grades 6-9. 2006Growing up Filipino: stories for young adults
By Cecilia M. Brainard. 2003
Twenty-nine tales of Filipinos and Filipino Americans dealing with their culture, families, friends, and fears as they grow to maturity.…
In "Lola Sim's Handkerchief," a teenager becoming more Americanized is estranged from her grandmother. In "Lolo's Bride," a fifteen-year-old's widowed grandfather returns from the Philippines with a twenty-year-old wife. For senior high readers. 2003Traveling on into the light: and other stories
By Martha Brooks. 1994
Eleven stories by the author of Paradise Cafe (DB 33408). In the title story, a girl visits her father and…
the man for whom he left her mother. In "The Kindness of Strangers," an old man befriends a runaway youth who has been betrayed by his mother. The final stories form a trilogy about Sidonie and Kieran, teenagers who have each lost a parent. For high school and older readers. Some strong language. 1994News from the volcano: stories
By Gladys Swan. 2000
Great short stories by American women (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)
By Candace Ward. 1996
A Collection of 13 short stories including "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat",…
plus superb fiction by great American authors including Kate Chopin, WIlla Cather, Edith Wharton, and others. AdultFairy tales for the disillusioned: enchanted stories from the French decadent tradition (Oddly Modern Fairy Tales Ser. #11)
By Gretchen Schultz, Lewis Seifert. 2016
A collection of thirty-six fairy tales written by authors of the decadent literary movement in nineteenth-century France. Drawing on classic…
French tales as well as Arthurian legends and English and German stories, the themes include the decline of civilization, gender confusion, and the incursion of industrialization. Some violence. 2016Jack and Jill
By Louisa May Alcott. 2015
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel 'Little Women.' In the mid-1860s, Alcott…
wrote passionate, fiery novels and sensational stories. She also produced wholesome stories for children, and after their positive reception, she did not generally return to creating works for adults. Alcott continued to write until her death.Santa Claus in Baghdad and Other Stories about Teens in the Arab World
By Elsa Marston. 2008
What is it like to be a young person in the Arab world today? This lively collection of eight short…
stories about Arab teenagers living in Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and a Palestinian refugee camp engagingly depicts young people's experiences growing up in the Middle East. The characters, drawn from urban and rural settings and from different classes as well as a mix of countries, confront situations involving friends, family, teachers, and society at large. Along with some specifically Middle Eastern issues, such as strife in Iraq, the hardships of life in a Palestinian refugee camp, and honor crimes, the young people deal with more familiar concerns such as loyalty to friends, overcoming personal insecurities, dreams of a future career, and coping with divorcing parents. Coming of age in a complicated world, they meet life with courage, determination, and, not least of all, humor. With accompanying notes that provide contextual information, Santa Claus in Baghdad brings a fresh perspective to youth literature about the Arab world.The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
By Bret Harte. 1995
In 1870 the young San Francisco-based writer and editor Bret Harte 1836-1902 first compiled a single-volume edition…
of his rousing stories of life in the Wild West Entitled The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches the book propelled him almost overnight from local celebrity to American literary lion Four of the most famous of those tales are included in this collection the title story The Outcasts of Poker Flat Tennessee s Partner and M liss Additional selections include A Prot g e of Jack Hamlin and An Ing nue of the Sierras both written later in Harte s life and featuring lively casts of colorful characters in settings ranging from a stagecoach to a Sacramento River steamer They display the author s enthralling storytelling style at full strength - crisply observant rich in ironic humor and offering an engaging mix of sentiment and wit Harte s style exercised a deep influence on the American short story genre and set a future course for writers of Western fiction including Owen Wister and Zane GreyThe Early Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald (Dover Thrift Editions)
By F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Daley, Dover Thrift Editions. 2015
"Ideal for students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the literary works of an iconic American author. Very…
highly recommended." - The Midwest Book ReviewAlthough better known today for his novels, in the 1920s F. Scott Fitzgerald ranked among the top writers of magazine fiction. Fitzgerald represented the dreams and aspirations of the post-World War I generation in his life as well as his works. With his glamorous wife, Zelda, and cosmopolitan social circle, the gifted young wordsmith projected the perfect image for narrating tales of restless youth in a hectic world. These short stories offer insights into many themes, characters, and techniques that emerged in Fitzgerald's later works. "Winter Dreams," written three years before The Great Gatsby, shares the concept of commitment to an idealized dream. "Babes in the Woods," developed while the author was still a student at Princeton, evidences the roots of This Side of Paradise. A dozen other selections - including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Camel's Back," "The Four Fists," and "The Cut-Glass Bowl" - offer further insights into the author's growing skills as well as individual examples of his sparkling prose, understated wit, and deft characterizations.The Fiddler of the Reels and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
By Thomas Hardy. 1997
As popular today as they were during the author's lifetime, the works of Thomas Hardy captivate readers with their gripping…
narrative power and arresting imagery. This collection presents a trio of the author's finest and most representative short stories. "The Distracted Preacher," a flawless comedy graced with Shakespearean touches, concerns a pair of ill-matched lovers and the breakup of a little network of smugglers. "The Three Strangers" offers a celebration of the comforts and familiarities of life within a community. The title story, singled out time and again for critical praise, centers on the rivalry between a good but plain man and a charismatic villain.These tales mark Hardy's attempts to record the rapidly vanishing legends, superstitions, local customs, and lore of the Dorset region as well as his skepticism about the possibility of achieving personal and sexual satisfaction in the modern world. Alternatively humorous, ironic, and elegiac, the stories attest to the remarkable range of Hardy's storytelling gifts.Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence
By Marion Dane Bauer. 1994
Taking Our Place in History: The Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology
By Girls Write Now. 2020
The award-winning annual anthology from New York City’s first and only writing and mentoring organization for girls and gender-expansive teens.…
What is it like growing up in New York City as a teen in 2020? This book invites you into their homes and families, their schools and neighborhoods, their hearts, hopes, and fears. Enter a world where clay creatures take on aluminum oppressors. Get thrown against an elevator wall in the midst of a horror story. Go backstage with a rock band, say goodbye to relatives as you start a new life, stand with an engineer solving a coding problem. Experience tragedy in a mosque, feel the wounds of slavery, know the terror of glass shattering in a World War II village, and see how this next generation of leaders looks to the past and writes a better future for us all. For more than two decades, the nationally award-winning nonprofit Girls Write Now has broken down the barriers of gender, race, age, and poverty, elevating the voices of writers who are too often not heard—or worse, silenced. With mentors by their sides, the girls and gender-nonconforming youth tackle climate change, racism, sexism, rejection, immigration, and friendship—and take their place in history. This book is their testament.