When I first started seeing short story collections for middle schoolers, I was skeptical: Would tweens appreciate reading short stories? Would they love being pulled out of a story and into a new one every few pages? It turns out some kids enjoy these!
Many teachers say that, particularly when short stories are by authors whom the kids recognize or already enjoy reading, it’s easier to hand-sell them. Other educators have mentioned that short story collections can be great teaching devices for comprehension strategies or understanding how the collection’s theme runs through the stories. You can have student groups or partners work on individual stories, too. They also work well for short readaloud sessions or homeroom discussions. There are so many fun ways to use them.
For this list, I’m sharing all the middle grade short story collections I know about. Although I’ve read several, but not all of them, I think having a range of options/themes to choose from can be super helpful.
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10+ Short Story Collections for Middle Schoolers
Here are some middle grade short story collections worth exploring:
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There they are: 14 excellent short story collections for middle schoolers! Have you read any of these? Which ones did you like? I’d love to hear what your students think about short story collections!
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