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• The Black Girl Survives in This One

  Horror Stories

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  "A collection of fiften horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, face down death, and survive."

• The Collectors

  Stories

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  "An anthology of ten stories by young adult authors about surprising and unusual collections."

• The Grimoire of Grave Fates

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  "Told from more than a dozen alternating viewpoints, this spellbinding collection of stories follows eighteen students at the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary as they each try to solve the murder of a professor, discovering that magic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ab(solutely) Normal

  Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes

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  "Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction. "

• First-year Orientation

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  "Sixteen acclaimed authors--including a National Book Award nominee, a New York Times best-selling novelist, and a beloved actress--join forces for a cross-genre YA anthology of linked short stories about the first days of college."

• Study Break

  11 College Tales From Orientation to Graduation

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  "This collection of interconnected contemporary YA short stories, written by Gen Z authors, explores different parts of "the college experience," from questioning your major to questioning your identity."

• Cool. Awkward. Black

  Strong, Karen (EDT)/ Fitzsimons, Isaac/ Giles, Lamar/ Ifueko, Jordan/ Johnson, Leah

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  "Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Three Kisses, One Midnight

  a Novel

  Chokshi, Roshani,

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  "Told in interconnected stories, three witchy best friends brew a love potion on Halloween that is said to produce a love that will last forever as long as it is sealed by true love's kiss before the stoke of midnight."

• Eternally Yours

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  "Presents a collection of fifteen paranormal romance short stories. Vampires and merpeople, angels and demons, the paranormal is full of unusual beings. The stories in this anthology imagine worlds where the only thing more powerful than…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tasting Light

  Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions

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  "In a society where the modification industry has transformed how humans look, sound, and interact, a nonbinary teen braves the "reinvention" room to accept a gift from the dead. In an accidental city in space, a young apprentice holds…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blackout

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  "Six . . . authors bring the . . . warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of . . . stories that shine a bright light through the dark."

• High Spirits

  Short Stories on Dominican Diaspora

  Gomera-Tavarez, Camille,

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  "This collection of 11 interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora explore machismo, mental health and identity by following one extended family across multiple generations." -- Novelist.

• Reclaim the Stars

  17 Tales Across Realms & Space

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  "Proving that stories are truly universal, this brilliant collection that features contributions from best-selling and acclaimed authors, as well as two new voices, takes the Latin American diaspora to places fantastical and out of this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fools in Love

  Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales

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  "A diverse, inclusive young adult anthology featuring 15 short stories that re-imagine or subvert popular romance and rom-com tropes by some of the biggest names in YA."

• Every Body Shines

  Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat

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  "Sixteen stories celebrating fat teens with bodies of many shapes and from many communities, cultures, races, genders, and orientations in contemporary settings as well as fictional worlds."

• Up All Night

  13 Stories Between Sunset and Sunrise

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  "A collection of thirteen short stories by young adult authors, all revolving around the theme of staying up late into the night."

• Living Beyond Borders

  Growing Up Mexican in America

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  "An anthology of short stories, essays, poetry, and comics about the Mexican American experience."

• Battle of the Bands

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  "This collection of 16 stories, told in the harmonic blend of first- and third-person narrative voices, takes on a memorable high school rite of passage: the battle of the bands." -- Novelist.

• Tales From the Hinterland

  Albert, Melissa,

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  "Journey into the Hinterland, a brutal and beautiful world where a young woman spends a night with Death, brides are wed to a mysterious house in the trees, and an enchantress is killed twice—and still lives." -- Novelist.

• Together, Apart

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  "A collection of short stories set during life in lockdown includes a tale of a girl with a mask-making business and her potentially famous crush, and the story of a connection sparked with the help of two balcony herb gardens."