Short on Time? :Short stories for Young Adults

8 Plus 1, by Robert Cormier. (YAP COR)
Relationships--friend to friend, father to daughter, black to white, young to old-- are at the core of these stories.

Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence. (Adult NF 808.839353/A478)
A collection of short stories about homosexuality by noted Young Adult authors.

American Eyes: New Asian-American Short Stories for Young Adults. (Juvenile NF 810.80895/A512)
Stories reflecting the conflict Asian Americans can face balancing an ancient heritage and an unknown future.

Baseball in April and Other Stories, by Gary Soto. (Juvenile Fiction S7182B)
The everyday life of young Hispanics growing up in Fresno, California.

The Bus People, by Rachel Anderson (MS A54916B)
The passengers on a special-education school bus tell the stories of their lives, shaped by the experiences of their disabilities.

Catfantastic: Nine Lives and Fifteen Tales. (Adult NF 808.83876/C359)
The fantastic world, seen through feline eyes.

The Complete Stories, by Flannery O'Connor. (Adult Fiction O186COM)
Irreverent humor combined with an intense religious faith make O'Connor a master of Southern Gothic.

A Couple of Kooks, and Other Stories, by Cynthia Rylant. (MS R994CO)
The power of love works its magic on the characters in these stories.

Echoes of War, by Robert Westall (MS W5224E)
These stories examine the lingering effects of war on the lives of the young.

A Fit of Shivers: Tales for Late at Night, by Joan Aiken. (Juvenile NF 808.83872/A291F)
Ten short stories with elements of horror and the supernatural.

The Folk of the Fringe, by Orson Scott Card (C226FO)
Post-nuclear apocolypse America, resettled and nutured by Mormon pioneers.

Heartbeats and Other Stories, by Peter D. Sieruta. (MS S5735H)
Stories about growing up, with friends, siblings, and first loves.

I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost, by Ellen Conford. (MS C748I)
Humorous stories about teenage love and life.

Make Your Move and Other Stories, by James Watson. (MS W3392MA)
Teens challenged by racism, hatred, and violence find strength through hope and humor.

Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury. (SF B7982MC)
The conquest of Mars, told in a series of loosely connected stories.

My Father's War and Other Stories, by Barton Sutter. (Adult Fiction S96685M)
Young people and their relationships with parents and granparents. Title story is about three sons finally told the truth about their father's heroism.

Nightwaves: Scary Stories for After Dark, by Collin McDonald (Juvenile Fiction M1351NI)
Scary thrillers about young adults encountering good and evil in their lives.

Paradise Café and Other Stories, by Martha Brooks (MS B87361P)
Teen love, explored in all its range, from friendship to first love.

Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults. (Juvenile NF 808.831/S635)
Stories dealing with teen life and concerns, by well-known Young Adult authors.

Somehow Tenderness Survives: Stories of Southern Africa. (Juvenile NF 808.831/S693)
Sories of growing up under apartheid.

Tales from Gold Mountain: Stories of the Chinese in the New World, by Paul Yee. (Juvenile Fiction Y423T)
The immigrant experience of the Chinese as they built a unique place for themselves in American life.

Tearaways, by Robin Klein. (MS K647TE)
Ten stories about "tearaway people", people you like or trust but in reality people you should beware.

A Thief in the Village, and Other Stories of Jamaica, by James Berry. (Juvenile Fiction B5343T)
The quiet simplicity of Caribbean life, the rage of hurricanes, and the universal need for family are described in this collection of stories.

Things in Corners, by Ruth Park (JF P236TH)
Five tales of the unexpected and the unexplained lurk in these pages.

Where Angels Glide at Dawn: New Stories from Latin America. (Juvenile NF 808.831 W567)
The flavor of Latin America is captured in this set of stories translated into English.

With the Snow Queen, by Joanne Greenburg (Adult Fiction G7986WI)
People, personalities, and relationships intertwine to produce a collection of psychological short stories.

Woman Hollering Creek, and Other Stories, by Sandra Cisneros (Adult Fiction C5792WO)
The world of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans is presented through twenty-two stories.