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| Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing (Best Shorts) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Katherine Paterson, Avi, Carolyn Shute, Chris Raschka
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
Buy New: $8.87
You Save: $8.08 (48%)
New (34) Used (13) from $8.46
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 23544
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 342
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 6.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0618476032
EAN: 9780618476039
ASIN: 0618476032
Publication Date: September 25, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: NEW. NO remainder markings. In a nice dj as well. Brand new book perfect inside and out. Purchase and help a youth pastor with three daughters.
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Product Description
Newbery Medal–winning author Avi has selected short stories from the past and present in this entertaining collection for young readers. And whether you begin by reading alone or reading aloud, these stories are some of the very best to share.
Featuring loyal pets, rogue waves, ghosts who use cell phones, and young people caught up in events beyond their control, these stories are written by some of the most entertaining and esteemed authors of children's literature. They will have you savoring a quiet moment by yourself, talking during dinnertime with your family, and laughing in class with your friends.
Though it may take only a few minutes to read, a terrific short story can take you on a long journey. Are you ready for the trip?
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Courtesy of Teens Read Too December 11, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
In BEST SHORTS, you never know what surprise you're going to get next. Unlike many short story collections, which usually revolve around some thread of a theme, the stories Avi selected for this anthology come from all over the genre spectrum. The one thing they all have in common, however, is that they are all great little adventures you can experience without the big time commitment of an entire novel.
Readers can get freaked out by seeing what happens when Dad loses his cell phone at Auntie's funeral, travel along with some city-smart boys who try to camp out alone, and root for an entire bank who adopts a baby abandoned in the night-deposit box.
It's pretty slick how a well-written short story can suck you in; before you know it, you're reading a genre that you are sure you don't like. An interesting thing that happened to me as I read this compilation of stories is that I enjoyed stories in genres that I may never have picked up if they had been labeled. As I read these stories to my sixth-grade students, they wanted to get copies of their own. They, too, enjoyed the punch in these stories and the wide variety of styles and genres.
How can you go wrong with a book featuring stories from such authors as Richard Peck, Lloyd Alexander, Washington Irving, Theodore Taylor, and even Avi himself?
If you're looking for a sampler of authors or genres, or a few short stories to read between novels, or something to read without committing to an entire book, or you just feel like something a little different, then try BEST SHORTS on for size. It is one of those one-size-fits-all kind of collections.
Reviewed by: Dianna Geers
Powerful creations kids will relish November 6, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Avi draws on her Newberry credentials and years of writing experience to select short stories old and modern ranging from mysteries and science fiction to adventure and more, for a powerful gathering perfect for introducing kids to the short story format. Louis Untermeyer, Theodore Tyler, Natalie Babbitt, Patricia McKissack and others all share the limelight with powerful creations kids will relish.
You'll love it! September 12, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Even though these short stories were collected with young or teen readers in mind, I found many of them highly entertaining and some even made me laugh out loud on the underground train where I was reading them!
Colorado Teacher November 23, 2008
I was looking for an anthology for students who read between the 4th and 7th grade level, something other than the typical core by the big publishers. The stories are well written, captivating, and present an array of genre. Best of all, my students love the book.
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