Short For Teens

Laurel Carson was a beautiful young woman in her early 20's. She was working as a waitress in a diner in Atchison, Kansas when se sees an ad for a mail order bride in a newspaper a customer left on a chair at a table she was waiting on. She lost her whole family on a steamboat accident when she was 14 years old and has been living at a boarding home ever since. There has been a lot of talk about people moving west and she figures what does she have to lose? She doesn't want to be a waitress the rest of her life...and maybe this is her opportunity to find a new life. She will have to take a ...

Chris has been friends with Annabelle since they were kids. When Chris is feeling down on his luck he knows he can always go to his friend to be cheered up. Today he's feeling down. His dream prom date Samantha has turned him down. Hoping to get cheered up, he goes over to Annabelle's house knowing she'll be there for him. Indeed, she's already got a plan in the works for him that she guarantees will win Samantha's heart. She knows how to save his prom experience and have him end high school the way he's always dreamed it would end. All he has to do is play along with her plans. Chris ...

Maggie Burns recently graduated from high school and has to face the huge fact that she recently turned 18 and is officially considered an adult. It used to sound so exciting, but now that it's really here, it's overwhelming! Did that mean she had to get a job and actually start supporting herself? While fixing a bowl of cereal, her mother tells her that her Uncle Bill and Aunt Martha could really use her help for the next three months. Aunt Martha needs complete bedrest due to a difficult pregnancy and Uncle Bill needs someone to take care of their boys, ages 7 and 5, along with all the ...

After the tragic death of her brother Malik, Raniyah faces the challenge of navigating high school without her beloved brother. Amber, Malik's girlfriend, grapples with guilt, as her actions indirectly led to Malik's untimely demise. Shunned by her peers, Amber finds solace in an unexpected friendship with the new teacher's assistant, who may harbor ulterior motives concerning both girls. With prom and graduation right around the corner, Raniyah and Amber must set aside their differences to protect each other from a devious plot before it's too late.

In the kingdom of Adania, everyone knows what Princess Alyrra did to earn the court's contempt, her mother's disdain, and her brother's hatred. She betrayed her own. Yet, the truth hides another story - one of honor and honesty, of a princess gambling her own life for another's. It's a tale of courage, consequences, and a choice that can never be undone.

Fearless Paths: Inspirational Sports Stories of Self-Discovery for Teens to Build Courage, Resilience, Friendship, and Unity is a heartwarming and empowering collection of short stories crafted especially for boys. Each story dives into the real emotions, challenges, and triumphs that come with growing up and discovering who you really are. Whether it’s stepping up for a teammate, conquering stage fright, surviving a weekend without screens, or learning to forgive, the characters in Fearless Paths show that true strength often comes from the most unexpected places. These realistic, ...

Good girls and bad girls, they're everywhere. Which one are you? Girls is a collection of short stories about young women in the city and the country, who are living with choices made by, and for, them. Dive into their lives.

Fear is a funny thing. It creeps in when you least expect it, lurking in the dark corners of your mind, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. It thrives in the unknown, in the things that go bump in the night, in the shadows that seem to move when you’re not looking. Fear has a way of turning the familiar into something terrifying—an ordinary house into a haunted nightmare, a harmless toy into something sinister, a friendly smile into a mask hiding something unspeakable. Scary Stories That Will Make You Shit Yourself is not for the faint of heart. Within these pages, you’ll find ...

From the organization We Need Diverse Books and Dhonielle Clayton, the co-author of Blackout, comes a fantasy collection of short stories from a list of diverse, award-winning, and best-selling authors. This critically acclaimed young adult anthology welcomes every voice to lead, empower, and take command of their universe.

History can't bury the truth. Unlike her classmates, Sage Indarra doesn’t want to be a model student at the Institution. But it’s the only way to survive. Despite her best efforts, her guise of normalcy is threatened when she gets into a fight at the beginning of the year, bringing down the wrath of the Institution and consequences that could haunt her for the rest of her life—however short that might be. But they never would have punished her if they’d known where it would lead. In the depths of the Archives, Sage makes a discovery that could threaten the very fabric of Eprah’s ...

There are 40 short stories in volume 3 and 10 short stories in volume 4. So, you’ll get total of 50 short stories with this bundle. Each fable ends with a moral. So, there’s something more than entertainment, your child will learn ethics and good manners. This audiobook will be the ideal gift for your kids.Not only for kids, so many teens, adults and seniors have told us, these fables are highly entertaining for them too and bring back their childhood memories.

Sixteen-year-old Princess Mareleau is convinced she'll never marry, no matter how many hearts she has to break. She’s been in love before, and it cost her everything. Why look for a second chance? But when she finally meets a prince who doesn’t bore her to tears, she allows herself to hope. Will that hope lead her to happiness…or betrayal?

Before he became an archmage to topple an empire, before he met the legendary Eradicator Xal, Saghir was born a free ratkin, living on the streets of Gateway, a perilous desert city at the edge of the Blasted Lands. Each month, the free laborers must pay their tithe in coin, or blood. Every ratkin in Saghir's tribe searches for something of value, lest their whole people be enslaved. Ruthless Corax, carnivorous scarabs, and worse infest the city. There are countless ways for a rat to die, and all it takes is one mistake. There are no second chances.

In That Way Madness Lies, 15 acclaimed YA writers put their modern spin on William Shakespeare’s celebrated classics!

Bordertown: a city on the Border between the human world and the elfin realm. A place where neither magic nor technology can be counted on, where elf and human kids run away to find themselves. The Way from our world to the Border has been blocked for 13 long years. Now the Way is open once again—and Bordertown welcomes a new set of seekers and dreamers, misfits and makers, to taste life on the Border.

Get ready to fall in love, experience heartbreak, and discover the true meaning of identity in this poignant collection of short stories about Jewish teens, including entries by David Levithan, Nova Ren Suma, and more!

Parker Santé hasn't spoken a word in five years. While his classmates plan for bright futures, he skips school to hang out in hotels, killing time by watching the guests. But when he meets a silver-haired girl named Zelda Toth, a girl who claims to be quite a bit older than she looks, he'll discover there just might be a few things left worth living for.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: CANCELED: A traveler on his way to San Francisco is confronted by unprecedented death and destruction by either an earthquake or a nuclear strike. SCARECROWS: After a religious farmer loses his faith in God after three personal disasters, he starts pursuing devil worship as an alternative. THE WENDIGO: A college student is leery about camping with his roommate after seeing him transform into a hideous monster in a recent nightmare. THE BODY DOUBLE: The son of a ...

MaryEllen lives in the loveliest and coziest cottage you can find for miles. With her green thumb and love for spring flowers, she grows and decorates the most inviting cottage you could imagine. Even the animals in the surrounding woods want to spend time at her cozy cottage. She regularly has visits from bunnies, squirrels, kittens, puppies, birds, raccoons, and even deer as long as they promise to be on their best behavior and not eat her flowers! The best secret of all is they bring her little tidbits of information about the people who live in Marysville, Utah along with valuable ...

In Houston, NASA's mission to Mars brought "Astrokids" Cal and Leon together. Back in New York one year later, Cal is excited to show his boyfriend the city and finally introduce him to his best friend, Deb, but everything feels different, from the ads posted in Times Square to the location of Cal's favorite falafel cart. Deb has new friends, a new apartment - a new life - and Cal isn't sure of his place in it anymore. Though all Cal wanted a year ago was to come back to Brooklyn, he no longer feels like he belongs.