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    The Kissing Game: Short Stories

    By Aidan Chambers

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    About this ebook


    In this brand-new collection of short stories, Aidan Chambers explores moments of truth, when a character or an event suddenly reveals an often-surprising meaning: A girl loses her humanity when she takes a summer job as a theme-park character; a boy tries to save a girl from a fiery death, only to discover the same event happened one hundred years before. And the titular story, in which an innocent game takes a fatal turn, will haunt the reader for a long time. 

    These provocative stories beautifully lend themselves to discussion, and once again Chambers treats us to his fiercely intelligent, finely crafted prose and his incisive understanding of the wonderings of young people on the verge of adulthood.

    Awards and praise for the work of Aidan Chambers



    Michael L. Printz Award


    Carnegie Medal


    Hans Christian Andersen Award


     


    “Beautifully written, emotionally touching, and intellectually challenging.” —VOYA



     


    “Jam-packed with ideas and passionate characters.” —Publishers Weekly

    “A marvelous wordsmith and magical storyteller.” —ALAN Review 

    “Disturbing, groundbreaking . . . original.” —Books for Keeps

    Praise for The Kissing Game
    “His [Chambers] sophisticated yet simple style is perfectly suited for an exploration of the new form of flash fictions—multi-genre drabbles that top out at 1,000 words—as well as standard short-story form. Thoughtful, challenging reading for teens on the cusp of adulthood.” –Kirkus Reviews

    “more meaningful discussion and deeper understanding will only come from teens with more life experience, and there’s real potential for possible use in high school English classes.” –School Library Journal

    “Models for flash fiction and the short-story form as well as points of departure for challenging open-ended discussion, the stories in this collection lend themselves to multiple curricular uses as well as thoughtful personal reading.” –Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books 
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherABRAMS
    Release dateMar 1, 2012
    ISBN9781613120835
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    • 3/5
      Short story collection by Aidan Chambers: mostly humorous conversations, a ghost story, and the title tale is a shy boy's encounter with a neighbor's niece that goes horribly wrong. Quick reads, none as particularly memorable as his books. For Aidan Chambers fans or quick discussions on "flash fiction"--prose less than 1,000 words on any subject, in any format, as long as it is self-contained.
    • 2/5
      I thought the stories were depressing.
    • 5/5
      When I cracked open THE KISSING GAME by Aidan Chambers, it wasn’t long before I was engrossed. It’s a collection of the award-winning author’s short fiction, and each and every story packs a punch, with pieces ranging from drabbles and flash fiction to stories of typical length. From the “The Kissing Game,” about a boy getting to know his new neighbor, both of them dealing with issues of the past, to “The Tower,” which brings a little magic realism to a camping trip, the characters are vivid and real and brought to life with such carefully chosen language. One of my favorites in the collection was “Sanctuary,” in which an agoraphobic teen on his way to a college interview meets an immigrant girl who turns out to be in a lot of trouble — and none of it of her own making. The story is fast-paced, gripping, and succinct.THE KISSING GAME is, in short, amazing. And I’d love to see this book in the hands of both casual readers and English class students. It’s definitely a highly literary work, but it’s also extremely accessible. Reluctant readers will enjoy the low-pressure nature of reading short fiction, and writing teachers will find amazing examples to use in their curricula. Not to mention the fact that THE KISSING GAME is rife with humor, pain, adventure, and, well, story.