Short story collections for teenagers

Love Hurts

We love short stories!

Whether you’re looking for an anthology you can dip in and out of, something to read in one sitting, or stories to kick-start the writing of your own, these are some of our favourite YA collections: inspiring, intriguing and surprising.

  • Counting Stars

    Author: David Almond

    Interest level: 11+

    Reading age: 11+

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  • Counting Stars

    Author: David Almond

    Interest level: 11+

    Reading age: 11+

    This evocative collection of short stories gives a clear insight into the experiences which lie behind David Almond's novels.

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  • Losing It

    Author: Various Editor: Keith Gray

    Interest level: 13+

    Reading age: 10+

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  • Losing It

    Author: Various Editor: Keith Gray

    Interest level: 13+

    Reading age: 10+

    This is a collection of eight short stories about growing-up, virginity and sex for teenagers.

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  • Pretty Monsters

    Author: Kelly Link

    Interest level: 13+

    Reading age: 10+

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  • Pretty Monsters

    Author: Kelly Link

    Interest level: 13+

    Reading age: 10+

    It's a mistake anyone could make - digging up the body from the wrong grave. How could you possibly know the corpse would follow y…

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  • Next

    Author: Various Editor: Keith Gray

    Interest level: 13+

    Reading age: 12+

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  • Next

    Author: Various Editor: Keith Gray

    Interest level: 13+

    Reading age: 12+

    Following on from the success of Losing It, Keith Gray has edited a new collection of eight short stories for young people explori…

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  • My True Love Gave to Me

    Author: Various Editor: Stephanie Perkins

    Interest level: 12+

    Reading age: 9+

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  • My True Love Gave to Me

    Author: Various Editor: Stephanie Perkins

    Interest level: 12+

    Reading age: 9+

    A collection of Christmas-themed romantic short stories, one for each of the 'twelve days', by some of the best known American YA …

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  • Here I Stand

    Author: Various Illustrator: Chris Riddell

    Interest level: 12-18

    Reading age: 12+

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  • Here I Stand

    Author: Various Illustrator: Chris Riddell

    Interest level: 12-18

    Reading age: 12+

    These short stories by writers such as Sita Brahmachari, Matt Haig and Frances Harding, with illustration by Chris Riddell, put cu…

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  • Love Hurts

    Author: Various Editor: Malorie Blackman

    Interest level: 13+

    Reading age: 13+

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  • Love Hurts

    Author: Various Editor: Malorie Blackman

    Interest level: 13+

    Reading age: 13+

    This anthology depicts a very wide range of romantic relationships, and a diverse set of characters, showing love in all its forms…

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  • The Ghosts of Heaven

    Author: Marcus Sedgwick

    Interest level: 13+

    Reading age: 12+

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  • The Ghosts of Heaven

    Author: Marcus Sedgwick

    Interest level: 13+

    Reading age: 12+

    The Ghosts of Heaven is an excellent book that will open up new avenues of thought and future reading and introduces teenage reade…

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