Books with title Different Cultures: A Collection of Short Stories

“A collection of stories about everyday people overcoming everyday challenges in the face of not-so-everyday happenings” What do you do if your best friend is about to drown, but you can't swim? How do you choose between caring for a sick kid, and getting food on the table? And who can youtrust when it's revealed your whole life was a lie?From conquering fears and self-doubt, to surviving family drama, to simply finding time in the race of life to take a breathand look up at the clouds. YEAR is a collection of twelveshort stories about everyday people facing not-so-everyday happenings.Morals, warm fuzzies, and over seventyillustrations bringing these stories to life.

Hi! My name is Buddy, and I'm a pit bull dog. I was adopted from the local animal shelter. Now I live in a nice home with my new mom and dad, and I have a brother, Gus. In the beginning, with my first dad, my life was gloom and doom. My new mom noticed I was abused since I walked all hunkered down with my head tilted sideways. I did not trust anyone. Some people think the worst of me since I'm a pit bull. My life has changed a lot from my first home. Now I have lots of friends who like me. My special friend is Lucy. Lucy comes to visit me in my time of need. Lucy will appear from time to time in future books. My mom said there are more stories to tell since I am so smart and full of mischief. I hope you all look forward to reading more stories of the Adventures of Buddy.

A collection of short stories featuring friendship, self-consciousness, love, and ice. Pink is a DistractionKeva Knight liked bright almost obnoxious colors for a reason.Jo and TerraInspired by the summer heat. A slice-of-life featuring two friends at a gas station. Play it Cool, AlAl is hit with a reverse love confession, job opportunity, and a new perspective of his childhood friend. Of course, his defeatist attitude doesn’t help him.IceThere’s a rumor that Sasha has ice in her blood, and it may be the only thing keeping her alive.Waiting for Bus 26She is waiting at the bus stop when he strolls by with a head full of curls and a navy-blue umbrella.Dreaded Dinner Party Prologue Aucuria “Curi” Andrews is a homeschooled girl who’s tired of her dinner party-throwing parents. Nothing is set to change this latest party until a sabotage attempt and her parents’ reputation is challenged by a cartoonish nasty couple. It’s up to Curi to put a stop to the slander, meet some new faces along the way, such as the mischievous traveler Mister Wolfeman or ambitious Ophelia, and of course, eat some delicious food.

Created during our 14-week break from school, the following stories were all imagined by members of the Writing Club. All of the stories were born from the same writing prompt: a door that has always been locked is suddenly opened. As you can see, each author imagined a very different and wonderful story through their creativity and hard work. We hope you enjoy these stories, and encourage you to write your own story as well!

Following her first book, There's a Huge Pimple on My Nose-which the Los Angeles Times praised: "If you simply want to enjoy some remarkable writing, it's hard to find a book more satisfying than Dallas Woodburn's"-this teen phenomenon's second collection of short stories, 3 a.m., is already receiving high praise:"Woodburn is a very gifted writer whose work celebrates the beauty and humor of everyday life. She is able to merge different cultures and generations in a thought-provoking and lovely way."-Laurie Stolarz, award-winning author of Blue is for Nightmares series"The writing is so wonderful you'll want to stay up reading until 3 a.m.!"-Julia McGuire, The Hudson Valley Literary Magazine"An emotionally resonant collection, dealing with the universal themes of identity, grief and love-with a little bit of humor thrown in as well. Dallas helps you recognize and appreciate the finer things in life."-Catherine Clark, best-selling author of Truth or Dairy"Woodburn's writing shines with both humor and poignancy. Her skillfully developed stories have amazing versatility. With characters that are human and tangible and extremely likeable-and details that make them come alive in a vivid and precise and utterly appropriate way-I couldn't get enough of 3 a.m."-Randy Powell, acclaimed author of My Underrated Year

I-Black’s Lonesome PathBlack, like a select few other beings, is a soul reaper, whose sole predilection is to claim human souls. However, his life is turned upside down in a chance encounter with a human woman. Black’s memories of his past human life come flooding back to him. Will he continue to hunt human souls or will he turn against the Authority and now hunt the hunters? This is the tale of the beginnings of Black’s journey as a changed reaper.II-Highway I-28This is tale about how guilt acted as a powerful enough force to transport Mark Rose to a world of beauty, mystery and monsters. Trouble is knowing what or who the true monsters are. As light and dark magic tussle for supremacy, wielded by sorceresses, could there be such a thing as grey magic? Was Mark Rose too far gone along Highway I-28 to ever go back home? III-Dear DiaryThis short story unfolds as journal entries. The journal’s author takes you through his grief stricken teenage life, having lost his girlfriend to the afterlife. The lad uncovers something fascinating about the magical book that he’d found in his attic, but what are the consequences to all this newfound power?IV-Deep SleepDelve into the unknown, as you too begin to question the nature of reality. The short story tale is an emotional roller coaster ride, with poignant, yet subtle inferences to notions of technocratic neo-feudal-like societies. Scottie is made to question everything he’s ever known, as he finds that his known reality literally fades into inexistence. What happens to Kathryn?V-Shells & ShadowsIn this modern day fantasy short story, SHOJOSH paints a world of seers, sprinters and normals, humans with different or no abilities, who live alongside a world of bountiful creatures, on several of earth’s dimensions. Beneath the façade of your typical coming of age story is an atypical coming together of several mystical forces.Lana and her family are secluded from the rest of Pink Coral, a tiny town that now assumes the worst of the seldom seen and rather odd characters within the Mackenzie compound. But how groundless is the townsfolk’s fear? What evil approaches Pink Coral?VI-The FieldIn a tiny kingdom of special humans, beings known as “surfers”, who’ve figured out how to travel across the globe in a matter of seconds, distrust and division festers. The queen, having lost her daughter to a criminal faction of surfers, now struggles to offer her tiny citizenry the comfort and stability of times past. As member of the strike force, will Luga Milash succeed in saving her loved ones, and avert a war where possible? What happens when a normal human, a “grounder” gets involved in the affairs of surfers, in the tumultuous matters of humans who channel and harness the power of the earth’s electromagnetic field?VII-What The Dead Don’t SeeIn a military kingdom where the king is selected through a series of challenges and through combat, with 600 competitors in the mix, a human warrior struggles to reach the top of an alien society and claim the throne. With his inclusion in the tournament, the first human in centuries to participate, Marcus comes to uncover a deeper and more sinister plot by the king that could see an end to tradition. Will he be able to survive the vindictive and malicious whiles of the sitting king, as well as triumph over his competitors, while winning over the racist judges? Who claims the throne once all is said and done, Marcus, Braga, or Kamie maybe?

[Children's Historical Fiction (Ages 8-12)][Read by Jim Hodges] Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings.A terrific addition to your Henty audiobook collection! This collection of short stories contains narratives that continue the Henty tradition of heroes both brave and modest, but are quite unlike a typical Henty novel in that they are sometimes sentimental or melancholy. Henty was primarily known for his full-length novels for young people, but he regularly contributed short stories such as these to weekly boys' magazines such as The Boys Own Paper and The Union Jack, and was editor of many publications as well. [The Henty Historical Novel Collection, written by George Henty in the 1800s, covers many time periods in history throughout the world. In this collection, you will learn history, geography, and vocabulary while also discovering hero characters for your children to emulate.]

A. Daniels is a children’s author who enjoys writing eBooks that deal with everyday issues children may encounter. Daniels also loves turning the stories into activity books, by adding questions at the end of each eBook. This eBook consists of a collection of Daniels’ children eBooks. You will find some of the stories have questions at the end of the story. These questions will help the child/children to elaborate on what they have read and learned.The Stories Include:Spending Time With DaddyMy Parents Are Not Divorcing MeWatch Out! Here Comes Avery AndersonMadison and Mason Learn the Values of FitnessBrian and His Father

Three high schoolers go in search of the *real* reason the local mall is closed at night...-A boy rents his own personal dimension, even if the rental agreement is a little tricky...-An ordinary guy finds himself sharing his lunch break with a group of very peculiar girls...-These and more are stories of humor and horror, science and magic, action and calm. Above all, they are aberrations of the world you know. They are Distortions.