Gary Soto

Soto fashions himself to be Fresno's own Knut Hamsun, the Norwegian writer of the 1920s who lived on nothing more than his five senses, who walked around his town observing the ordinary with amazement.

Edited by John Loughery

Twenty powerful stories written by some of our best contemporary fiction writers explore the experience of coming of age in America today. Chosen for their literary excellence and insight, and ordered according to the age of the stories’ protagonists (from three to eighteen), they range across gender, ethnicity, and circumstance.

Edited by Jim Heynen

In these seventeen short stories, some of our best writers take us into the lives of young people growing up in rural America from the backwoods of New England to a ranch in the West.

Edited by Anne Mazer

14 personal memoirs by some of America’s finest writers, these stories are journeys of self discovery. Whether dealing with the complexities of being a new immigrant or growing up between two cultures, against urban or rural backdrops, this anthology showcases the diverse experiences of American youth.

Gary Soto

Jessie De La Cruz is a role model for all– an ordinary person who became extraordinary by making change happen, not only for herself but for others.

Michael RunningWolf & Patricia Clark Smith

The Adventures of Glous’gap, embodiment of the Great Spirit, have been told by many Algonquin tribes. With their pipe smoking whales and irascible porcupines, the sixteen Micmac stories included here are wondrous and magical; they are also wise, as Glous’gap teaches his people what it means to be fully human in a fragile world. 

Edited by Claire Robson

These compellingly readable stories focus on the vulnerability and resilience of teens who are too brainy, unathletic, poor, the “wrong” religion, emotionally fragile, from non-traditional families, not model-thin, or simply bent on following a unique path.

Helen Falconer

Helen Falconer

Jeanne Schinto

Combining two great American traditions—sports and short fiction—this anthology presents twenty-one first-string stories written by many of our most revered contemporary North American writers. It offers a glimpse into the world beyond winning and losing that lies deep within us all. 

Alex Belth

Stepping Up is the first-ever biography of Curt Flood, the All-Star with a conscience who stood up to Major League Baseball.

Jeanne Schinto

In this unique anthology, you will find an intriguing mix of first-rank science fiction writers and mainstream literary writers. All are using the power of storytelling to explore the human costs and rewards of living in an era increasingly dominated by science and technology.

Edited by Anne Mazer

This volume of sixteen stories, written by some of the world's best writers—including three Nobel Prize winners—will transport readers to all parts of the globe to meet kindred spirits in other cultures on their journeys to adulthood.

Edited by John Loughery

The stories in this collection draw us in by their powerful images of a special time of life, images culled not only from our own backyard but from the many yards across the globe and brought to life by some of the world’s greatest authors.

Edited by Anne Mazer

In this collection of fifteen nearly all original short stories, teenagers go to work, many of them for the first time. They work in fast food restaurants, sell subscriptions by telephone, do odd jobs, clerk, tutor, and harvest crops.