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message 1: by Emily (new)

Emily (emilyc) | 195 comments Mod
I love short stories and always say I'm going to read more of them. So here's a challenge to make to pick up at least one collection!

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America - Ibi Zoboi
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens - Marieke Nijkamp
Fresh Ink: An Anthology - Lamar Giles
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages - Saundra Mitchell
That Way Madness Lies: 15 of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined - Dahlia Adler
Flying Lessons & Other Stories - Ellen Oh


message 2: by Davette (new)

Davette Kohnen (davettek) | 1 comments I read and enjoyed Kali Fajardo-Anstine's Sabrina & Corina -- which could intersect with many other categories. I don't remember the last time I read a short story collection!


message 3: by Suzanne (new)

Suzanne Halekas | 36 comments A year or two ago, I read BJ Novak’s One More Thing and really liked it. The stories all had such bonkers premises that the idea of what goes on in his mind really charmed me.

Any suggestions for middle grade in this category?


message 4: by PsychedandLit (new)

PsychedandLit A Universe of Wishes, editor- Dhonielle Clayton


message 5: by Nikki (new)

Nikki (mnnikki) | 164 comments For this prompt I read The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton aloud to my 9 yr old. After we had started I found out that James Earl Jones does the audio so I wished we had started with that, but I also liked the illustrations in the book so it worked out!


message 6: by Lisa (new)

Lisa | 35 comments The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw


message 7: by Laura (new)

Laura | 18 comments I read Exhalation by Ted Chiang and it was phenomenal. If you like sci fi/speculative stories, I highly recommend!


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