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Children are pestering their parent to tell them about the Important Things. When they get a bit older, the parent imparts some advice, but the children aren't impressed with it. Read "Important Things" words. An English professor's father is enrolled in his class. He feels his father had been hard on him so he returns the favor by giving him a C.
Read "A Gentleman's C" words.
Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing [Chris Raschka, Katherine Paterson, Newbery Medal–winning author Avi has selected short stories from the past Little Worlds: A Collection of Short Stories for the Middle School Ms. Paterson is vice president of the National Children's Book and Literacy Grade Level: 5 - 7. Possibly the most economical short story writer in this list, Carver, with his precise , punchy prose, conveys in a few words what many novelists take several pages to elucidate. The collection – shortlisted for the National Book prize – was written during what Carver called his “first life”, . 18 Oct
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For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: Short Stories for High School Students Here are some short stories that deal with themes and subject matter appropriate for high school students. The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin A woman is given the news that her husband has been killed in a railroad accident.
Girl Jamaica Kincaid A mother imparts advice to her daughter on how to behave and how to be a woman. Three Questions Leo Tolstoy A king wants the answers to what he considers to be the three most important questions. One of These Days Gabriel Garcia Marquez A corrupt mayor goes to an unlicensed dentist for treatment of an abscessed tooth. War Luigi Pirandello In a train carriage in Italy during WW1, several passengers talk about their sons who have been sent to war. Read "War" 1, words Some of the themes in War include sacrifice, patriotism, and intellectualizing our emotions.
Popular Mechanics Raymond Carver A man is packing his suitcase to leave home for good. Read "Popular Mechanics" words This is an example of a minimalist story, stripped down and without judgment, leaving readers to interpret for themselves. Say Yes Tobias Wolff A husband and wife are doing the dishes together when the question of interracial marriage arises.
Hearts and Hands O. Henry A marshal handcuffed to a prisoner boards a train and sits across from a beautiful woman. The Falling Girl Dino Buzzati Marta, a nineteen-year-old, lets herself fall off a skyscraper balcony after looking at the rich, important people in the city.
The Pedestrian Ray Bradbury In ten years of taking evening walks, Leonard Mead has never met up with another person; it's common for everyone to stay inside and watch television. Skipper Alden Nowlan Ethel and Rupert have five sons. This story is an allegory for the cold war. The Dinner Party Mona Gardner At a dinner party, a spirited discussion breaks out over whether women can keep calm in a crisis.
Dick While reading a paperback novel, the narrator discovers an alien threat to Earth. Pilon Sandra Cisneros The narrator remembers a feeling from her childhood when she was unselfconscious about her body and appearance. The Flying Machine Ray Bradbury In ancient China, Emperor Yuan is relaxing when a servant excitedly gives him the news that a man was seen flying with wings. This parable could illustrate resistance to change or a desire to hold on to power. This story has no human or animal characters. Humorous Short Stories for High School Students Here are some stories that will get plenty of laughs and provoke some serious discussions as well.
They're Made Out of Meat Terry Bisson Speaker 1 reports that they've discovered a planet where all the inhabitants are entirely made of meat. Read "They're Made Out of Meat" words This in an all-dialogue story, amusing but also with the possible theme of isolation. The Death of a Government Clerk Anton Chekhov While at the opera, a government office manager sneezes, accidentally spraying the man in front of him, a fellow office manager.
The School Donald Barthelme In a monologue, a teacher relates all the experiences with death that his class had one year. This story is written in a conversational style. The Reticence of Lady Anne Saki Egbert tries to break the ice with his wife whom he had argued with earlier.
Short Stories for Middle School Students Here are some short stories that are appropriate for middle school students. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty James Thurber A passive and put-upon man has a series of daydreams while driving his wife on her weekly errands. Miss Brill Katherine Mansfield Miss Brill, a middle-aged woman, takes her weekly Sunday walk in the park to observe and listen to people.
Luck Samuel Langhorne Clemens Mark Twain An English military captain wins all his campaigns and continues to advance his career despite blundering at every turn. Read "Luck" 1, words. The Chaser John Collier A young man buys a love potion, but is surprised to find it only costs a dollar. Snow Ann Beattie A woman recounts the time she spent in the country with her lover and realizes that he viewed the same events differently. A Continuity of Parks Julio Cortazar A man resumes reading a novel that he had started a few days earlier.
Barney Will Stanton A scientist on a deserted island conducts experiments to try to increase the intelligence of a rat. Neil Gaiman This is about an old man. Home Gwendolyn Brooks A man tries to get an extension on his mortgage payments. Read "Home" words Home is a chapter from the novel Maud Martha , but it has often been anthologized as a short story. Yours Mary Robison Allison, thirty-five, and her husband Clark, seventy-eight, carve pumpkins in the evening until one o'clock the next morning. Read "Yours" words This story has a bit of a twist ending. Grace Period Will Baker While in his front yard, a man gets the feeling that something terrible is about to happen.
Read "On Discovery" words This story can be read as an allegory for the experiences of Chinese immigrants in America. This short fable illustrates the function of the storyteller. Read "A Letter to God" 1, words This story has a humorous ending. If Not Higher I.
Peretz Early every Friday morning, rabbi Nemirov vanishes. The Blue Jar Isak Dinesen A rich Englishman and his daughter are sailing in pursuit of his hobby, collecting ancient blue china, when the ship catches fire and sinks. Read "The Blue Jar" 1, words. The Man in the Brown Coat Sherwood Anderson A historian writes while his wife works around the house and goes about her daily routine.
So What Are You, Anyway? Lawrence Hill Carole, a young girl, is on a plane by herself going to see her grandparents. Blackberries Ellen Hunnicut A man returns to his campsite with freshly-picked blackberries. The Far and the Near Thomas Wolfe An express train passes by a cottage on the outskirts of a town for over a twenty year period. Ruthless William de Mille Judson and Mabel Webb are preparing to leave their mountain cottage for the winter to return to the city.
The Appointment in Samarra W. Somerset Maugham A servant meets Death in a Baghdad marketplace and flees from him. Cemetery Path Leonard Q. Ross Ivan is known in his village as a timid, fearful man. Valgardson Moved by childhood memories, a man leaves his own affluent neighborhood and goes exploring. The Flowers Alice Walker Myop is a ten-year-old girl who is out exploring the woods behind her family's sharecropper cabin on a beautiful summer day. My Name Sandra Cisneros The narrator tells us about her name—what it means in Spanish and English, its history in her family and whether it suits her.
Humorous Stories for Middle School Students Here are a few stories that will make middle school students roll over with laughter.
Wrong Channel Roberto Fernandez Barbarita goes to the doctor so she can get her green card approved. This is a humorous story. Answer Fredric Brown A man completes a circuit that connects all the supercomputers of all the inhabited planets of the universe — all ninety-six billion of them. Read "Answer" words. Important Things Barbara L. Greenberg Children are pestering their parent to tell them about the Important Things. Visit Short Story Guide to find the right one. Unknown, I agree about Miss Brill. Great collection of stories. I will use many of them in the classroom.
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Some of the best short stories contain unexpected moments of felicity on which the plot pivots. And so it was that, just as I was compiling this list, I received a giant package containing this doorstep of a book. It might be the most comprehensive collection of short stories… ever, featuring an all-star cast including Angela Carter, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl and more, selected by David Miller, a literary agent and author.
Topics Short stories The 10 best Order by newest oldest recommendations. Show 25 25 50 All. Razor-sharp and lightning-fast, this standalone short story from the 1 international bestselling author Karin Slaughter will leave you breathless. Now a lawyer herself, Charlie has made it her mission to defend those with no one else to turn to.
So when Flora Faulkner, a motherless teen, begs for help, Charlie is reminded of her own past, and is powerless to say no. In he published Knots for the first time. The collection includes very concise stories as well as longer reads. They range from the surreal to the oddly mundane, and prod the discomforts of mental, sexual, and familial bonds.
A young man is born with an uncuttable umbilical cord and spends his life physically tethered to his mother; a tipsy uncle makes an uncomfortable toast with unforeseeable repercussions, and a dissatisfied deer yearns to be seen. Sarah Hall is one of the most skillful young British authors. The author of The Wolf Border and the Man Booker Prize finalist is releasing in June a collection of nine short stories that are both disturbing and dazzling. In Madame Zero , Sarah Hall uses her piercing insight to plumb the depth of the female experience and the human soul.
This anthology is the first volume of an annual collection that recognizes outstanding fiction debuts published in a print or online literary magazine. The dozen winning stories take place in South Carolina and in South Korea, on a farm in the eighteenth century and among the cubicles of a computer-engineering firm in the present day. They narrate ancient themes with current urgency: Feel free to share this visual on your site Creative Commons license.
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He and his wife are eager to modernize it and educate the locals, ridding them of their superstition. Children's stories bless us twice. Adichie had written two novels set in her native Nigeria before this collection. And so it was that, just as I was compiling this list, I received a giant package containing this doorstep of a book. The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin A woman is given the news that her husband has been killed in a railroad accident. It rains and hails too much, ruining the crop, prompting Lencho to write a letter.
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