Sky blue water
Subtitle: great stories for young readers
By: Jay D. Peterson and Collette A. Morgan, editors ; foreword by Kevin Kling
Contributors: Alexander, William (William Joseph), 1976-; Scaletta, Kurtis; Coy, John, 1958-; Ursu, Anne; Jonell, Lynne; Sidman, Joyce; Fajardo, Anika; Schumacher, Julie, 1958-; Barnhill, Kelly Regan; Rendon, Marcie R.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780816698769
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Short stories; Children's stories, American; Fiction
Description: A collection of short stories featuring the diverse people and places of Minnesota, set in time periods from Prohibition to the present day.
Notes: Ages 8-12.

Grade 4 to 6.
Table of contents: title: The war between the water and the road / William Alexander; title: Dee Dee / Kurtis Scaletta; title: Kings and queens / John Coy; title: Max swings for the fences / Anne Ursu; title: The creature under the bush / Lynne Jonell; title: The blue between us / Joyce Sidman; title: Fishing / Anika Fajardo; title: Strange island / Julie Schumacher; title: Ozymandias / Kelly Barnhill; title: Worry and wonder / Marcie Rendon; title: Mourning dove / Joyce Sidman; title: My icy Valentine / Kirstin Cronn-Mills; title: Poetry themes from creative writing class / Joyce Sidman; title: The silver box (an excerpt) / Margi Preus; title: Pressure / Swati Avasthi; title: Opposite land / Pete Hautman; title: Chant for a winter dawn / Joyce Sidman; title: Lone star / Shannon Gibney; title: The ocean where the dreams go / Tr̀ân Th Minh Phưc, Phuoc Thi Minh Tran; title: Adrift / Mary Casanova; title: We were boys together / Kao Kalia Yang.