But That's Another Story

by Sandy Asher (Editor)

Sandy Asher introduces each story with a description of the special rules and rewards of its genre and follows each with a biography of the author and an interview with him or her about the piece.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1996

About the author

Sandy Asher, a playwright and children's author, is probably best known for her young-adult novels and other prose works for young readers. Drawing many of the ideas and characters for her writings from her childhood memories, Asher has earned critical praise and numerous awards for novels such as Just like Jenny, Things Are Seldom What They Seem, and Everything Is Not Enough. In addition to fiction, Asher has also edited the story collections On Her Way: Stories and Poems about Growing up Girl and the award-winning With All My Heart, with All My Mind: Thirteen Stories about Growing up Jewish, which collect works that address many of the same adolescent concerns Asher confronts in her fiction.

Reviews

[Charlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read for those trying to find good read-aloud books for classrooms or good books in different genres to recommend to students. Filled with favorite authors each introducing their special genre with a sample story.

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great selection of short stories! Read! Enjoy!

[Mahjong_kid · Rating 2 out of 5]

When it comes to short stories, you can't please everyone. I liked that this collection includes a number of authors whom I'd never read, and I thought the format - with a brief introduction to genre, followed by the story, then a brief author biography and Q&A - was interesting without being tedious. My rating reflects my own story preferences: I did like at least half of the selections, but the rest ranged from just okay to eye-rolling. Then again, I'm not a kid :).

[Liz Thackeray · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book to use for teaching genre in short story writing. It provides some excellent models for different genres within short story writing: realistic fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, adventure, mystery, and historical fiction.