Children's Fiction Short Stories
You Never Know What You're Going To Get
An Anthology of Middle Grade Stories
- Publisher
- Chalkboard Publishing
- Initial publish date
- May 2025
- Category
- Short Stories, Adolescence, Anthologies, Diversity & Multicultural
- Recommended Age
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 3 to 7
- Recommended Reading age
- 8 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781771058933
- Publish Date
- May 2025
- List Price
- $12.99
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Description
This anthology showcases ten authors, each contributing unique and powerful narratives that reflect the diverse and unpredictable experiences of childhood. The collection aims to challenge perceptions, inspire creativity, and celebrate the individuality found within each person's story. You never know what you'll get in each chapter, but be prepared to be glued to each page.
About the authors
Ndija Anderson-Yantha's profile page
Gayle Gonsalves’ stories have appeared in The Bluelight Corner, In the Black and So the Nailhead Bend, So the Story End. She holds a BA from York University, and lives and writes in Toronto.
Peter Tetteh Loveson's profile page
Deborah Ross-Attas' profile page
Julianne Mundle's profile page
Saira Batasar-Johnie locates herself as a brown, Indo-Caribbean Canadian cisgender woman of
Indo-Caribbean/South Asian Indian descent and 1st generation settler in T’karonto/Toronto,
Ontario situated on the territory of the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas of the New Credit and
Haudenosaunee Peoples, with recognition to "The Dish With One Spoon" wampum and Treaty
13. Saira is an author, Child and Youth Care Practitioner, Registered Social Worker, who
currently works in post-secondary as a Student Affairs Coordinator, Part-time Professor across
the GTA and runs her own private practice. She is also a mom, wife, daughter, sister and friend.
Saira is passionate about bringing the history of Indo-Caribbeans to the newest diaspora of young
people. She hopes to educate young people with her words, her book “Dear Divya” is the first of
many and she hopes to inspire them to continue their journey of understanding themselves in this
world.
Saira Batasar-Johnie's profile page