Top teen stories
By: chosen by Betsy Byars ; illustrated by Robert Geary.
Contributors: Byars, Betsy Cromer.; Geary, Robert, ill.
Publisher: Kingfisher
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Children's stories, American.; Children's stories, English.; Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.; Short stories.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Description: A compilation of short stories and extracts from novels about turning points in life by 26 authors, including Judy Blume, William Saroyan, L.M. Montgomery, and Roald Dahl.
Notes: Originally published: 1995.
Table of contents: title: Who's Afraid?
pagenum: 7
authors: Philippa Pearce; title: The TV Star
pagenum: 13
authors: Judy Blume
description: (from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing); title: Bilgewater
pagenum: 24
authors: Jane Gardam
description: an extract; title: The Day It Rained Cockroaches
pagenum: 34
authors: Paul Zindel
description: (from The Pigman and Me); title: The Doll's House
pagenum: 41
authors: Katherine Mansfield; title: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
pagenum: 53
authors: Sue Townsend
description: an extract; title: Little by Little
pagenum: 62
authors: Jean Little
description: an extract; title: Sam's Storm
pagenum: 70
authors: Betsy Byars; title: Anne's History
pagenum: 78
authors: L. M. Montgomery
description: (from Anne of Green Gables); title: May I Have Your Autograph?
pagenum: 85
authors: Marjorie Sharmat; title: Dear Bruce Springsteen
pagenum: 91
authors: Kevin Major; title: Reverdy
pagenum: 99
authors: Jessamyn West; title: The Cement Truck
pagenum: 110
authors: Laurence Lasky; title: The Evacuees
pagenum: 116
authors: Nina Bawden
description: (from Carrie's War); title: Catalog Cats
pagenum: 125
authors: Ann Cameron; title: Stray
pagenum: 130
authors: Cynthia Rylant; title: The Stolen Bicycle
pagenum: 135
authors: William Saroyan; title: The General Sees Active Service
pagenum: 140
authors: Ethel Turner
description: (from Seven Little Australians); title: I Spy
pagenum: 154
authors: Graham Greene; title: A Terrible Announcement
pagenum: 158
authors: Lynne Reid Banks
description: (from One More River); title: The Red Pony
pagenum: 168
authors: John Steinbeck
description: an extract; title: Our Field
pagenum: 175
authors: Mrs. Ewing; title: Lion by Moonlight
pagenum: 188
authors: Richard Parker
description: (from Lion at Large); title: Daddy-Long-Legs
pagenum: 196
authors: Jean Webster
description: an extract; title: President Cleveland, Where Are You?
pagenum: 206
authors: Robert Cormier; title: The Golden Darters
pagenum: 220
authors: Elizabeth Winthrop; title: Goat's Tobacco
pagenum: 232
authors: Roald Dahl
description: (from Boy-Tales of a Childhood); title: The Ladder
pagenum: 238
authors: V. S. Pritchett; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 256