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No Such Thing as the Real World: Stories About Growing Up and Getting a Life

10 best books like No Such Thing as the Real World: Stories About Growing Up and Getting a Life (An Na): 13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen, Guys Write for Guys Read, Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex, Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth, The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows, The Big Shuffle, First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants, Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork, The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012

13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen
AuthorJames Howe
ISBN1416926844
"If thirteen is supposed to be an unlucky number...you would think a civilized society could come up with a way for us to skip it."

-- from "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" by Bruce Coville

No one will want to skip any of the twelve short stories and one poem that make up this collection...
Guys Write for Guys Read
AuthorJon Scieszka
ISBN0670060275
What is a typical guy moment, anyhow? Daniel Pinkwater remembers the disappointment of meeting his Lone Star Ranger hero up close and personal. Gordon Korman relishes the goofy ultra violence of the old Looney Tunes cartoons. Stephen King realizes that having your two hundred-pound babysitter fart...
Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex
AuthorEllen Datlow
ISBN0441004369
What is there to say about alien sex that hasn't been said before? Plenty! Take for instance, Gwyneth Jones's venture into the world of virtual sex in "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland." Not every escapist fantasy is really an escape, it seems.

Or consider Neil Gaiman's examination of...
Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth
AuthorMichael Cart
ISBN0689832036
"More than thirty years ago a pioneering young adult librarian named Margaret A. Edwards protested that 'many adults seem to think that if sex is not mentioned to adolescents, it will go away.' "As succeeding decades have demonstrated, silence is no arbiter of behavior. Not only has sex not gone away,...
The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows
AuthorJonathan Strahan
ISBN0670060593
"An original science fiction anthology"

Truly successful science fiction does two things: it gives credible glimpses into the future while entertaining the reader. With this in mind, noted anthologist Jonathan Strahan (who is also the reviews editor of Locus magazine) asked sixteen of...
The Big Shuffle
AuthorLaura Pedersen
ISBN0345479564
“We’re approaching Cat in the Hat level chaos and no one’s even had breakfast yet.”

When the death of her father leaves her mother bereft and incapacitated, card shark Hallie Palmer returns home from college to raise Hallie’s eight younger siblings. Hallie’s older brother has...
First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants
AuthorDonald R. Gallo
ISBN0763632910
"Stories by eleven well-known authors touch on a variety of teen experiences, with enough attitude and angst to speak to young adults anywhere." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

Fleeing from political violence in Venezuela, Amina and her family have settled in the United States. Sarah, adopted,...
Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork
AuthorScott W. Hunt
ISBN0525468188
I can't believe it took me this long to read this book!! I loved it! Artist Scott Hunt provides 9 evocative charcoal drawings meant to inspire narration, and 18 authors for teens write short stories about them. There are two stories for each picture, proving that there is no "right" way to interpret a picture....
The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons
AuthorPaula Guran
ISBN0762449373
This is a really funny and interesting satirical short story. It is told from a young girl's point of view who relates the story of her friend Katie who gets pregnant in the summer between sophomore and junior years of high school... by a demon.
A combination of satire, magical realism, and coming-of-age,...
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012
AuthorRich Horton
ISBN1607013444
From the publisher's web site: This fourth volume of the year's best science fiction and fantasy features thirty stories by some of the genre's greatest authors, including Jonathan Carroll, Neil Gaiman, Kij Johnson, Kelly Link, Paul McAuley, RJ Parker, Robert Reed, Rachel Swirsky, Catherynne M....
The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural
AuthorDeborah Noyes
ISBN0763629065
Ten extraordinary authors spin hair-raising original tales collected by the anthologist of GOTHIC!

With scary stories by: M. T. Anderson, Holly Black, Libba Bray, Herbie Brennan, Nancy Etchemendy, Annette Curtis Klause, Kelly Link, Deborah Noyes, Marcus Sedgwick, and Chris Wooding

Enter...
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle
AuthorNancy Kilpatrick
ISBN0441007007
For centuries, they have watched over us. Leering from the arches and peaks of ancient cathedrals. Spreading their wings across hallowed doorways. Even decorating our homes in stony, silent elegance. Are they angels or demons? Sacred or profane? In the Shadow of the Gargoyle features fifteen original...
Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny
AuthorMartin H. Greenberg
ISBN0380808862
From the first appearances of Roger Zelazny's short fiction in the early 1960s—remarkably original stories such as the memorable A Rose for Ecclesiastes, many of which are now recognized as classics—it was clear that a dazzling new genius had burst into the field of speculative literature.
Over...
Acolytes of Cthulhu
AuthorRobert M. Price
Tentacular fiction abounds in Bob Price's new mythos anthology Acolytes of Cthulhu. The anthology assembles twenty-five rare mythos tales, dating from the Thirties through the Nineties, from writers as diverse as Jorges Luis Borges, Gustav Meyrink, Manly Wade Wellman, and Neil Gaiman. Gahan Wilson...
Bangs & Whimpers: Stories about the End of the World
AuthorJames Frenkel
ISBN0737302712
For as long as anyone can remember, we have speculated—with curiosity and dread—about the prospect of the world coming to an end. In this lively, reflective, and entertaining anthology, renowned science fiction writers Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Robert Sheckley,...
Every Man for Himself: Ten Short Stories About Being a Guy
AuthorNancy E. Mercado
ISBN0142408131
What does ?being a guy? actually mean? some of the most talented writers are about to show you. in this diverse and original collection of short stories, ten well-known writers, including Mo willems, walter Dean Myers, ron Koertge, rene salda?a, Jr., David levithan, and David lubar, share their stories...
Friends: Stories About New Friends, Old Friends, And Unexpectedly True Friends
AuthorAnn M. Martin
ISBN0439729912
Stories of friendship from some of the most acclaimed and dynamic writers in children's books today, edited by Ann M. Martin and David Levithan, with all proceeds going to The Lisa Libraries.

The friend can be the girl next door . . . or a faithful dog . . . or a teacher . . . or just plain invisible....
One Hot Second: Stories About Desire
AuthorCathy Young
ISBN0440237831
Sex. It's on the minds of every teenager, whether they're having it, not having it, talking about it, or just thinking about it. In this powerful collection, 11 acclaimed writers for young people capture the various expressions of desire- from first crushes to first times, and all of the charged emotions...
Best New Horror 24
AuthorStephen Jones
ISBN0762449438
For nearly twenty-five years The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror has been the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to showcasing the best in contemporary horror fiction. Comprising the most outstanding new short fiction by both contemporary masters of horror and exciting newcomers,...
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