Time Capsule: Short Stories About Teenagers Throughout the Twentieth Century

by Donald R. Gallo (Editor)

Teenagers who have entered this new millennium with visions of what their lives will be like in years to come will be intrigued by these 10 imaginative stories collected and edited by author and editor Donald R. Gallo. Award-winning authors explore a different decade of the 20th century through the eyes of teens with concerns and emotions similar to those of young adults today.

Gallo’s introduction to each piece will give readers a sense of the many technological advances, as well as the political and cultural changes, that came with each new decade and story. How did young adults cope with so much change, so many opportunities? The stories will inspire teenagers as they experience changes in their own daily lives.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Young Adult

240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Donald R. Gallo, often called the godfather of YA short stories, is the editor of more than a dozen acclaimed anthologies, including Sixteen, Destination Unexpected, First Crossing, and What Are You Afraid Of?. A former English teacher and professor, he began championing short stories written specifically for teens in 1980, addressing a gap in school curricula. His groundbreaking work has earned numerous accolades, including the ALAN Award for Outstanding Contributions to Young Adult Literature. Gallo now writes, edits, and presents workshops, while also enjoying photography, cooking, and travel from his home in Solon, Ohio.

Reviews

[Booklist · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed this jaunt through history. One short story for each decade from 1900-2000. Starting with the St Louis Worlds's Fair in 1904 and ending with a Y2K chatroom in the 1990's these short stories capture a moment in time and are interesting and not at all boring. Writers are all good story tellers (great ideas for more books to read) and stories are as much about human nature as history.

[Solomon Alexander]

This book was a great book too read.I would recommend it to anyone that wants to learn what teans went through from 1900-2000.There was many great characters in this book that made it what it was including characters like these two teenagers sammy and henry that went through WW2 together in the 1940s.They had to go through everything including the Japanese attacks on the US.Some of the things I liked about this book was the stories including the one that Trudy krisher wrote about the 1950s,She talked about how women's rights were a issue and how there were many people trying to fix it and she is still trying to expand women rights to this day.I also liked how it would be in first person POV,It would talk about the stories as the teenagers saw it on that day in that year which help expand to living during that time.

[Doxy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great book I read and highly recommend.

[Mr. Kenney's Happy Hippies Literature Group · Rating 4 out of 5]

T"his is a good book full of short stories. Some are more interesting than others, but they all are good to some degree.

[Irene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kinda weird. The individual stories were good, but they didn't really make sense together. I didn't get why that book was written. It was weird.

[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the stories seemed a little contrived to fit the collection, but most of them were well done.