Great anthologies for teen readers

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Borderlands Riding the Slipstream

Paul Collins (ed.)

A smorgasbord of original stories, poems and art by leading Australian authors, poets and illustrators

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Growing Up Disabled in Australia

Carly Findlay

Growing Up Disabled in Australia is the fifth book in the highly acclaimed, bestselling Growing Up series. It includes interviews with prominent Australians such as Senator Jordon Steele-John and Paralympian…

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The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives

An anthology of personal essays on the refugee experience from twenty leading refugee writers, edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen, the critically-acclaimed, best-selling author of The Sympathizer.

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They Cannot Take the Sky: Stories from detention

Angelica Neville,André Dao,Dana Affleck,Sienna Merope

Revealing, moving and confronting accounts of the reality of life in mandatory detention by those who’ve experienced it.

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How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation

Maureen Johnson,Tim Federle

An all-star collection of essays about activism and hope, edited by bestselling YA authors Tim Federle and Maureen Johnson.

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Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration

Angie Thomas,Jason Reynolds,Nicola Yoon,Marie Lu

Hope is a decision, but it is a hard one to recognize in the face of oppression, belittlement, alienation, and defeat. To help embolden hope, some of today’s most influential…

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(Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

Kelly Jensen

Essays, lists, poems, and art explore the ways in which 33 contributors cope - and thrive - with mental illness including actress Kristen Bell, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, and bestselling…

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A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Ellen Oh,Elsie Chapman,Renee Ahdieh,Sona Charaipotra,Preeti Chhibber

Compiled by We Need Diverse Books’s Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman, the authors included in this exquisite collection are: Renee Ahdieh, Sona Charaipotra, Preeti Chhibber, Roshani Chokshi, Aliette de Bodard…

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Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity

An anthology that aims to smash the stereotypes of Arabs in Australia that too often proliferate in mainstream media.

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Growing Up Asian in Australia

Alice Pung

Asian-Australians are known to each other and the outside world by many labels: quiet achiever, FOB, gangster chigger, mainlander, banana. But are these labels based on some degree of truth…

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Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

Anita Heiss

This groundbreaking anthology aims to enlighten, inspire and educate about the lives of Aboriginal people in Australia today.

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Growing Up Muslim in Australia

Amra Pajalic, Demet Divaroren

In this refreshing and fascinating collection, twelve Muslim-Australians - some well known, some not - reveal their candid, funny and touching stories of growing up with a dual identity.

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Growing Up African in Australia

Maxine Beneba Clarke

Welcome to African Australia. Compiled by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, with curatorial assistance from writers Ahmed Yussuf and Magan Magan, this anthology brings together the regions of Africa, and…

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Generation Girls

Tess Woods

Heartfelt advice, stories, poems and letters written by teenage girls for teenage girls.

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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and black. A powerful collection that…

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Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

Marieke Nijkamp

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends edits a collection of short stories for teens featuring disabled main characters.

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Underdog: #LoveOZYA Short Stories

Tobias Madden

LoveOzYA celebrates the best of new Australian writing for teenage readers. It has grown from a humble hashtag into a movement, reflecting the important role young-adult fiction plays in shaping…

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Meet Me at the Intersection

Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability. The focus…

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Fresh Ink: An Anthology

Lamar Giles

An anthology featuring award-winning diverse authors about diverse characters. Short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play explore such topics as gentrification, acceptance, untimely death, coming out, and poverty…

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Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology

Harnessing the power of the #LoveOzYA social media movement, this anthology features incredible short stories from ten beloved Australian YA authors.

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Growing Up Queer in Australia

Benjamin Law (ed.)

Compiled by celebrated author and journalist Benjamin Law, Growing Up Queer in Australia assembles voices from across the spectrum of LGBTIQA+ identity.

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Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories

A ground-breaking collection of YA short stories by 12 of Australia’s finest writers from the LGBTQIA+ community. What does it mean to be queer?

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Great anthologies for teen readers

Borderlands Riding the Slipstream

Growing Up Disabled in Australia

The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives

They Cannot Take the Sky: Stories from detention

How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation

Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration

(Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity

Growing Up Asian in Australia

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

Growing Up Muslim in Australia

Growing Up African in Australia

Generation Girls

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

Underdog: #LoveOZYA Short Stories

Meet Me at the Intersection

Fresh Ink: An Anthology

Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology

Growing Up Queer in Australia

Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories