Standard shipping via ups mail innovations is included in the quoted price. She can be described as a dynamic character because she does change over the course of the short story. Stories about that sweet and bitter birthday is a compilation of short stories inspired by all the angst, melodrama, and wonderment of being sixteen. Like a music playlist i create to match a mood, i create short story playlists to break a book slump, or to sample a bunch of different authors writing. Sixteen short stories on a variety of topics by authors who specialize in writing young adult fiction. Read sixteen from the story book smart by jenesiscollins jenesis collins with 11,769 reads.
Here are sixteen representative stories for the eighties, written especially for. Their impressions radiate through an emotional prism of hope and hate, love and death, despair and joy, in a diverse yet strikingly unified collection. Sixteen fabulous short stories i read in 2016 a bigger. If you cant decide which new novel or nonfiction book to pick up, heres another idea. This high school anthology contains sixteen short stories chosen for their. Several stories too fully embrace the gimmick, becoming tiny o. Short stories by outstanding writers for young adults. Here are sixteen representative stories for the eighties, written especially for this collection by todays bestknown writers for teenagers. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. His books include connections, join in, no easy answers, time. Their brilliant careers is a playful set of stories, linked in many ways, which. Free stories for the beginning reader levels 16 to 20. Edited by megan mccafferty, author of the runaway hit novels sloppy firsts and second helpings, sixteen. Follow all the topics you care about, and well deliver the best stories for you to your homepage and inbox.
Here are sixteen representative stories for the eighties, written especiall. Sixteen by twelve by john metcalf book cover, description, publication history. When i was sixteen, i wrote a short story called the gift, which retells the myth of prometheus in an australian outback setting. Rather than focus on a singular narrative, these unique options weave together the voices of several writers, or focus on multiple stories by an author you know and love. Some authors whose works are included in this book are. There is something for nearly everyone in this collection of stories written for and about young adults. When i have no idea what to read, i find a bunch of free short stories online, save them onto the pocket app, and read them as if ive compiled my own short story collection.
This is not a book, but a 20page short story that reads like something right out of the twilight zone. Lovers of octavia butler will find her spirit in this smoldering anthology of 16 short stories that center black female and gender nonconforming characters within fantasy and speculative fiction. It was a quick read with a couple of really good stories i especially enjoyed diane duanes. Sixteen by twelve by john metcalf fantastic fiction.
The book is a compilation of sixteen short stories surrounding sweet sixteens whether birthdays or events closely related to that treasured bday year like learning to drive or embarking on a first solo trip sans parents, including a countdown story of the last sixteen minutes jessica darling ever spent with her bff hope of megan. The twelve dancing princess full story in english 12. Short stories by outstanding writers for young adults 9780440977575. Short story for children 16 moral stories the fox and.
21 656 953 975 643 292 1063 1523 469 1415 391 221 594 501 565 1010 518 184 13 404 1259 1422 714 446 714 54 268 1195 123 257 1450 1307