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SHORT STORIES for MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS
SHORT on time?
Try some short stories . . .
They are located in the Middle School Fiction area, alphabetical by the author's
last name.
Books with short stories don't need to be read from cover to cover - just pick, choose,
and READ!
Paradise Café
Brooks, Martha
Vivid snapshots of teenagers facing the realities of love, death, divorce, exploitation,
and addiction.
Traveling On Into the Light
Brooks, Martha
Stories that focus on the mystery and difficulty of relationships, and the strengths
needed by teens as they face adulthood.
The Torment of Mr. Gully
Clarke, J.
An eerie collection of stories in which nothing is as it seems. You may not be able to
stop reading until the last page is turned.
An Island Like You
Cofer, Judith Ortez
12 stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their
American surroundings.
Crush
Conford, Ellen
A series of 9 romantic episodes in the lives of BJ and other students, as they plan for
the Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Stomp.
I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost
Conford, Ellen
Being young isn’t always easy, but at times it can be uproariously funny! Should have
you laughing outloud!
If This is Love, I’ll Take
Spaghetti
Conford, Ellen
A spirited and funny book with something for anyone who is, was, or plans to have been a
teenager.
The Umbrella Man & Other
Stories
Dahl, Roald
13 stories, selected for teenagers, from Dahl’s adult writings.
The Lion Tamer’s Daughter
Dickinson, Peter
Kindred souls reach out across time, space and magical barriers to rescue and transform
each other.
A Very Brief Season
Girion, Barbara
10 stories that speak of relationships and feelings that will evoke recognition in every
teenage reader.
When Nobody’s Home
Gorog, Judith
Baby-sitting. Sometimes it’s fun. Sometimes it’s a pain. 15 baby-sitting tales
of terror.
The Burning Baby
Gordon, John
In a dark and menacing world, wronged spirits exact terrible retribution. These tales will
haunt you!
Saying Good-Bye
Holeman, Linda
10 stories that explore the confusion, frustration, and rewards of growing up.
Uncanny!
Jennings, Paul
Anything can happen and usually does! You may laugh, or be grossed out, but you won’t
be able to stop reading!
Unbearable!
Jennings, Paul
More bizarre, fast paced stories of the macabre to enthrall, terrify and amuse you.
Unmentionable!
Jennings, Paul
Some amazing stories to keep you laughing, shivering and shuddering all at once!
Undone!
Jennings, Paul
Rib-tickling, toe-curling, spine-tingling tales that should keep you on the edge of your
seat!
This Strange New Feeling
Lester, Julius
These are stories about freedom. They are also about being a slave. But, most of them are
love stories.
Dear Bill, Remember Me?
Mazer, Norma Fox
8 stories about 8 young women who have grit and humor. Each affects the lives of those
around her with a special force.
Summer Girls, Love Boys
Mazer, Norma Fox
Touching stories of love and adventure. Delightful and sorrowful tales concerning what we
love. And why we do!
Shadows and Whispers
McDonald, Collin
Tales from the other side. As you enter these pages, beware. Things aren’t always
what they appear to be!
A Knot in the Grain
McKinley, Robin
Romance, adventure, mystery, and magic abound in the world of Damar, from The Hero
& the Crown, and The Blue Sword.
Night Terrors
Murphy, Jim
Fast-paced, bone-chilling, contemporary tales in which ordinary h.s. students face some of
literature’s most infamous horror villains.
A Couple of Kooks
Rylant, Cynthia
Love - often sudden - is the event of these stories, love always involving
astonishment… and a couple of kooks.
Heartbeats & Other
Stories
Sieruta, Peter D.
These 9 stories cover themes such as sibling rivalry, friendship, a room of one’s
own, madness, first love, and lost love.
Petty Crimes
Soto, Gary
You won’t know whether to laugh or cry. You won’t know whether they’ve won
or lost. But you know that their stories, unlike their crimes, are anything but petty.
Rogue
Wave
Taylor, Theodore
Page-turning tales that tell of the life-and-death situations faced by apprentice seamen,
ships’ masters, fishermen, and casual sailors.
Curses, Inc.
Vande Velde, Vivian
A spell that gets you land, money, long golden hair, or a date to the prom can’t be a
curse, can it?
In Camera
Westfall, Robert
These 5 tales document the uncanny with psychological suspense, and the supernatural.
The Dandelion Garden
Wilson, Budge
10 stories about the moments in life that change us forever - even though we may not know
it at the time.
The Leaving
Wilson, Budge
A collection of stories centering around 9 young women on the verge of adulthood and
finding themselves in an imperfect world.
The Book of Changes
Wynne-Jones, Tim
A quirky collection of stories full of magic, real-life ghosts, and most of all, unlikely
heroes - characters that will be impossible to forget.
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