20th Century YA Anthologies

1.
Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults
Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults 3.72 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers
Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers 3.74 avg rating — 839 ratings
3.
Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories
Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories 3.97 avg rating — 3,675 ratings
4.
Second Sight: Stories for a New Millennium
Second Sight: Stories for a New Millennium 2.92 avg rating — 26 ratings
5.
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories 3.81 avg rating — 2,317 ratings
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2041: 12 Stories About the Future
2041: 12 Stories About the Future 3.77 avg rating — 212 ratings
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Time Capsule: Short Stories About Teenagers Throughout the Twentieth Century
Time Capsule: Short Stories About Teenagers Throughout the Twentieth Century 3.11 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About the Future
Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About the Future 3.38 avg rating — 108 ratings
9.
More to Life Than Mr Right: Stories for Young Feminists
More to Life Than Mr Right: Stories for Young Feminists 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence 3.95 avg rating — 5,104 ratings
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The Door in the Hedge
The Door in the Hedge 3.70 avg rating — 9,884 ratings
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Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast 3.75 avg rating — 678 ratings
13.
First Love
First Love
by: Gay Head
4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning 3.94 avg rating — 19,470 ratings
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Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins 3.88 avg rating — 8,155 ratings
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Dirty Laundry: Stories About Family Secrets
Dirty Laundry: Stories About Family Secrets 3.37 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Someday My Prince Won't Come: More Stories for Young Feminists
Someday My Prince Won't Come: More Stories for Young Feminists really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Paradise Cafe and Other Stories
Paradise Cafe and Other Stories 3.18 avg rating — 22 ratings
19.
Help Wanted: Short Stories About Young People Working
Help Wanted: Short Stories About Young People Working 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
19.
Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold
Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold 3.59 avg rating — 553 ratings
21.
Spaceships and Spells: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science-fiction Stories
Spaceships and Spells: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science-fiction Stories 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Rebel, Rebel: Girls Against the Grain
Rebel, Rebel: Girls Against the Grain
by: Gene Kemp
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
23.
America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories
America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories 3.66 avg rating — 216 ratings
24.
Curses Inc. and Other Stories (Laurel-Leaf Books)
Curses Inc. and Other Stories (Laurel-Leaf Books) 3.79 avg rating — 983 ratings
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No Easy Answers: Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices
No Easy Answers: Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices 3.41 avg rating — 130 ratings
26.
On the Fringe
On the Fringe 3.57 avg rating — 301 ratings
27.
A Walk in My World: International Short Stories About Youth
A Walk in My World: International Short Stories About Youth 3.46 avg rating — 48 ratings
27.
Christopher Pike's Tales of Terror
Christopher Pike's Tales of Terror 3.89 avg rating — 696 ratings
29.
The Turning Place: Stories of a Future Past
The Turning Place: Stories of a Future Past 4.05 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults
Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults 3.59 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird (Magic Carpet Books)
Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird (Magic Carpet Books) 3.69 avg rating — 809 ratings
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Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth
Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth
by: Various
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
33.
Family Tree: Stories About the Family
Family Tree: Stories About the Family 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Connections: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults
Connections: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults 3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Something Like a Hero: Stories of Daring and Decision by American Teen Writers
Something Like a Hero: Stories of Daring and Decision by American Teen Writers liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
36.
Working Days: Short Stories about Teenagers at Work
Working Days: Short Stories about Teenagers at Work 2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
37.
A Starfarer's Dozen: Stories of Things to Come
A Starfarer's Dozen: Stories of Things to Come 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Visions: 19 Short Stories
Visions: 19 Short Stories 3.31 avg rating — 62 ratings
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A Wizard's Dozen: Stories of the Fantastic
A Wizard's Dozen: Stories of the Fantastic 3.81 avg rating — 213 ratings
40.
Doing Time
Doing Time 3.44 avg rating — 183 ratings
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Taste Berries for Teens: Inspirational Short Stories and Encouragement on Life, Love, Friendship and Tough Issues
Taste Berries for Teens: Inspirational Short Stories and Encouragement on Life, Love, Friendship and Tough Issues 3.62 avg rating — 249 ratings
42.
Skin and Other Stories
Skin and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 8,249 ratings
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Read All About It!: Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems, and Newspaper Pieces for Preteens and Teens
Read All About It!: Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems, and Newspaper Pieces for Preteens and Teens 4.11 avg rating — 112 ratings
44.
A Book of Directions
A Book of Directions 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
45.
Mirror, Mirror: Twisted Tales
Mirror, Mirror: Twisted Tales 3.21 avg rating — 52 ratings
46.
Feminine Plural: Stories by Women About Growing Up
Feminine Plural: Stories by Women About Growing Up liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
46.
In Between: Stories of Leaving Childhood
In Between: Stories of Leaving Childhood 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
48.
Dragons and Warrior Daughters: Fantasy Stories by Women Writers
Dragons and Warrior Daughters: Fantasy Stories by Women Writers 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
48.
The Beautiful Friend and Other Stories
The Beautiful Friend and Other Stories 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
50.
Zebra and Other Stories
Zebra and Other Stories 3.65 avg rating — 393 ratings
50.
The American Girl Book of Horse Stories
The American Girl Book of Horse Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 48 ratings
52.
Alien Games
Alien Games 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The American Girl Book of Dog Stories
The American Girl Book of Dog Stories 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
54.
Baseball in April and Other Stories
Baseball in April and Other Stories
by: Gary Soto
3.65 avg rating — 1,683 ratings
55.
Altered Voices: 9 Science Fiction Stories
Altered Voices: 9 Science Fiction Stories 2.91 avg rating — 23 ratings
55.
Family: A Collection of Short Stories
Family: A Collection of Short Stories 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
55.
Ultimate Sports: Short Stories By Outstanding Writers For Young Adults
Ultimate Sports: Short Stories By Outstanding Writers For Young Adults 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
58.
8 Plus 1: Stories
8 Plus 1: Stories 3.72 avg rating — 339 ratings
59.
Living Up the Street
Living Up the Street
by: Gary Soto
3.63 avg rating — 504 ratings
60.
Love Hurts
Love Hurts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
60.
New Girl and Other Stories of Teen Life
New Girl and Other Stories of Teen Life 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
60.
Believing Is Seeing
Believing Is Seeing 3.79 avg rating — 488 ratings
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Let's Dance: Stories of Boys and Their Dates
Let's Dance: Stories of Boys and Their Dates really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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You Can't Tell Me What to Do
You Can't Tell Me What to Do liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade
Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade 3.59 avg rating — 133 ratings
66.
Straight from the Heart
Straight from the Heart liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
66.
A Batch of the Best: Stories for Girls
A Batch of the Best: Stories for Girls 3.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
66.
What If...? Amazing Stories
What If...? Amazing Stories 3.62 avg rating — 29 ratings
66.
Two Teenagers in Twenty: Writings by Gay & Lesbian Youth
Two Teenagers in Twenty: Writings by Gay & Lesbian Youth
by: Ann Heron
3.56 avg rating — 68 ratings
70.
Heartache: A Book of Love Stories
Heartache: A Book of Love Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
70.
What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?
What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?
by: Avi
3.81 avg rating — 601 ratings
70.
Some of the Kinder Planets: Stories
Some of the Kinder Planets: Stories 3.80 avg rating — 168 ratings
73.
The Teens Book of Love Stories
The Teens Book of Love Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
73.
A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories
A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories 3.80 avg rating — 5,399 ratings
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Imaginary Lands
Imaginary Lands 3.58 avg rating — 567 ratings
73.
I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost
I Love You, I Hate You, Get Lost 3.34 avg rating — 64 ratings
73.
A Gathering of Flowers: Stories About Being Young in America
A Gathering of Flowers: Stories About Being Young in America 3.55 avg rating — 29 ratings
78.
Take Your Knee Off My Heart
Take Your Knee Off My Heart it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
78.
Centuries of Stories
Centuries of Stories 3.68 avg rating — 103 ratings
78.
Book of Enchantments
Book of Enchantments really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,074 ratings
78.
The Leaving and Other Stories
The Leaving and Other Stories 4.15 avg rating — 115 ratings
82.
It's a Date: Boy-Girl Stories for the Teens
It's a Date: Boy-Girl Stories for the Teens really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
82.
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem 3.87 avg rating — 3,459 ratings
84.
Heart to Heart
Heart to Heart 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
84.
When Boy Dates Girl
When Boy Dates Girl 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
84.
Perhaps You Should Talk to Someone and Other Stories
Perhaps You Should Talk to Someone and Other Stories liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
84.
My Cousin Clarette
My Cousin Clarette 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
84.
Call It Love
Call It Love 2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
89.
All for Love
All for Love 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
89.
When Boy Likes Girl
When Boy Likes Girl really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
89.
Hide and Seek: Stories About Being Young and Gay/Lesbian
Hide and Seek: Stories About Being Young and Gay/Lesbian 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
89.
Reliable Friendly Girls
Reliable Friendly Girls 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
89.
The Trap, and Other Stories
The Trap, and Other Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
94.
Love Will Come
Love Will Come liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
94.
Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology
Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology 3.88 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Absolutely rapt: A collection of love stories for young people
Absolutely rapt: A collection of love stories for young people 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
97.
I Want to Get Out: Stories and Poems by Young Writers
I Want to Get Out: Stories and Poems by Young Writers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
97.
Ready or Not: Stories of Young Adult Sexuality
Ready or Not: Stories of Young Adult Sexuality really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Future-Telling Lady: And Other Stories
The Future-Telling Lady: And Other Stories it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Glory Days and Other Stories
Glory Days and Other Stories 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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