This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Childrens Services Staff, 11/06 4/08
Black Juice(20055)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.
The Color of Absence: 12 Stories about Loss and Hope(2001)A collection of stories dealing with different kinds of loss experienced by young people.
I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion(2000)An anthology of stories for teenagers exploring the topics of religion, belief, and spirituality by award-winning authors, including M.E. Kerr, Kyoko Mori, and Virginia Euwer Wolff.
No Easy Answers: Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices(1997)A collection of sixteen short stories, by Louise Plummer, M.E. Kerr, Jack Gantos, and others, about teenagers in situations that test their character.
On the Edge: Stories at the Brink(2000)A collection of twelve stories by different writers and in different genres in each of which a young person is physically and/or emotionally on the edge.
Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers(1999)A collection of short stories accompanied by short essays on censorship by twelve authors whose works have been challenged in the past.
Red spikes(2007)MARGO LANAGAN'S ELECTRIFYING stories take place in worlds not quite our own, and yet each one illuminates what it is to be human. They are stories of yearning for more, and learning to live with what you have. Stories that show the imprint love leaves on us all.If you think you don't like short fiction, that a story can't have the depth or impact of a novel, then you haven't read Margo Lanagan. A writer this startling and this original doesn't come along very often. So for anyone who likes to be surprised, touched, unsettled, intrigued, or scared senseless, prepare to be dazzled by what a master storyteller can do in a few short pages.From the Hardcover edition.
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Shattered: Stories of Children and War(2004)
Soul Searching: Thirteen Stories about Faith and Belief(2002)"We must fight the tendency to reduce the world's cultures to sound bites and remember that all religions in all countries are composed of real people." So writes Lisa Rowe Fraustino in her introduction to Soul Searching, an inspired collection of short stories and the answer to the prayers of anyone looking for a book that ponders faith. Thirteen stirring narratives by acclaimed authors illuminate the world's major religions -- Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism -- as well as a few lesser-known belief systems.Sydetic Solutions