Booklist
Anthologies for Teens
Anthologies are a unique format that can bring together a wide array of voices, both new and familiar, on a variety of genres and topics. In recent years, young adult anthologies have been on the rise in number and popularity. Try out the titles below to explore short story and essay collections ranging from #OwnVoices experiences of immigration (Come on In) to reimagined East and South Asian folklore and mythology (A Thousand Beginnings and Endings), discussions on mental health ([Don't] Call Me Crazy & Life Inside My Mind) and more.
All out
The No-longer-secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
Published in 2018
353 pages ; 22 cm
Color Outside the Lines
Stories About Love
Published in 2019
viii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Dear Heartbreak
YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love
Published in 2018
xv, 281 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
(Don't) Call Me Crazy
33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health
Published in 2018
225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Foreshadow
Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA
Published in 2020
xiii, 333 pages ; 23 cm
How I Resist
Activism and Hope for a New Generation
Published in 2018
xiv, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Life Inside My Mind
31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles
Published in 2018
xiii, 309 pages ; 22 cm
Nevertheless, We Persisted
48 Voices of Defiance, Strength, and Courage
Published in 2018
308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Open Mic
Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
Published in 2013
xiii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Our Stories, Our Voices
21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America
Published in 2018
xii, 288 pages ; 22 cm
Parkland Speaks
Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories
Published in 2019
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
A Phoenix First Must Burn
Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
Published in 2020
354 pages ; 22 cm
The Radical Element
12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes, and Other Dauntless Girls
Published in 2018
x, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Take the Mic
Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance
Published in 2019
245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends
Published in 2018
328 pages ; 22 cm
A Tyranny of Petticoats
15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls
Published in 2016
xi, 354 pages ; 24 cm
Yes She Can
10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House
Published in 2019
xvi, 269 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
We Are Here to Stay
Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
Published in 2019
182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
All Out--The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
Published in 2018
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