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  2. File:Top of the world stories for boys and girls.pdf - Wikipedia

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    English: Five of these stories were written by the noted Finnish author, Zachris Topelius, who wrote them, and much else, for the children of Finland and Sweden more than fifty years ago. His loving sympathy for children, and his earnest desire to write only what was wholesome and good for them, shine through all his literary work for the young.

  3. The Turning (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    Many of the 17 short stories included interweave in their respective narratives. The story is set in a small Western Australian town and is about all different kinds of "turnings", be they in people, situations, surprises, accidents, relationships, and even the turning of time. [1] These turnings come at crucial times in the characters' lives.

  4. Birds of America (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    New York Times bestseller (a rarity for a short story collection) Included in the 1998 New York Times Book Review books of the year list in 1998 [1] Winner, Irish Times International Fiction Prize. [2] Village Voice book of the year (1998) Winner, Salon Book Award; The story "People Like That Are the Only People Here" won an O. Henry Award (1998)

  5. Unbelievable (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    A boy finds out that his nasty neighbor, Monty, has a bin filled with toothpaste, even though he only has one tooth. So he goes to investigate and finds out that he's testing a type of toothpaste which he calls, "One-Shot Toothpaste" on caged animals.

  6. The Best American Short Stories 2019 - Wikipedia

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    [3] She said that the authors exploit the short form to the fullest, and Fine called their characters "outstanding" in the way they bring each story to life. [3] Kirkus Reviews described the book as "[a] fine celebration of the many guises a short story can take while still doing its essential work". It called Adjei-Brenyah's story "The Era ...

  7. The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway - Wikipedia

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    The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigía Edition, is a posthumous collection of Ernest Hemingway's (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) short fiction, published in 1987. It contains the classic First Forty-Nine Stories as well as 21 other stories and a foreword by his sons.

  8. The Best American Short Stories - Wikipedia

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    The Best American Short Stories is a yearly anthology that's part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.Since 1915, the BASS has anthologized more than 2,000 short stories, [1] including works by some of the most famous writers in contemporary American literature.

  9. Ender's Game (short story) - Wikipedia

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    This story begins as Ender is made the commander of Dragon Army at Battle School, an institution designed to make young children into military commanders against an unspecified enemy. Armies are groups of students that fight mock battles in the Battle Room, a null gravity environment, and are subdivided into "toons". Due to Ender's genius in ...