Short Stories for Young Adults

This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Childrens Services Staff, 11/06 4/08

Humorous Stories

A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories About Love by Cynthia Rylant(1992)A collection of eight short stories in which a variety of special characters experience the transfiguring power of love.

I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost by Ellen Conford(1994)A collection of seven humorous stories reflecting the ups and downs of teenage love and life.

Nastybook by Barry Yourgrau(2005)Forty-three stories feature such characters as guardian angels who run away from their charges, witches who use the Internet to stalk their victims, and pandas who work as assassins.

Sixteen: Stories about that Sweet and Bitter Birthday(2004)McCafferty has compiled a collection of short stories that captures all of the angst, drama, and wonder of that oddly important milestone age. Other featured authors include Meg Cabot ("The Princess Diaries"), Emma Forrest, and Julianna Baggott ("Girl Talk").Sydetic Solutions