My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories

by Stephanie Perkins (Author)

My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
Twelve bestselling young adult writers contribute to this collection of romantic holiday stories in which the holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, and Kwanzaa are celebrated by characters who fall in love. Illustrations.
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Kirkus

Starred Review

It’s that rarest of short story collections: There’s not a single lump of coal. (Short stories. 12-18)

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Publishers Weekly

Starred Review

Cute boys, mistletoe, counting down to the midnight kiss on New Year's Eve--there's no shortage of cozy setups for holiday romance in this captivating collection of short stories by a dozen of today's top YA authors. Readers will also find a broad cross-section of other emotions and relationships in these tales about the significance of varied holiday traditions. Jenny Han delivers a fantasy-tinged entry about a Korean girl left as an infant in Santa's sleigh, who is now the only human girl at the North Pole (and crushing on a cute elf). Kelly Link delves into supernatural territory, featuring a mysterious Christmas Eve visitor in an elegantly embroidered coat. And the Jewish narrator of David Levithan's story undertakes a wild nighttime mission, donning a Santa suit to help preserve a sense of Christmas magic for his boyfriend's young sister. A rare seasonal treat. Ages 13-up. (Oct.)

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School Library Journal

Starred Review

Gr 7 Up--Twelve of the best-loved and best-known young adult authors-Rainbow Rowell, David Levithan, and Matt de la Pena among them-have contributed stories to this appealing collection. Most have a Christmas setting, but Hanukkah, the winter solstice, and New Year's Eve are also represented. Most are realistic, but Holly Black, Kelly Link, Jenny Han, and Laini Taylor have contributed tales steeped in fantasy or the supernatural. What all 12 selections have in common is teen romance at its most fragile and meaningful. Never mind the winter holidays; booktalk this title all year round.--Virginia Walter, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

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Review quotes

"Stunning and diverse, this holiday anthology is pure magic. This is what all anthologies should aspire to be." — RT Book Review, 4.5 stars, *Top Pick
Stephanie Perkins

STEPHANIE PERKINS has always worked with books first as a bookseller, then as a librarian, and now as a novelist. She's the author of the international bestsellers "Anna and the French Kiss" and "Lola and the Boy Next Door," as well as "Isla and the Happily Ever After." "My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories" is her first anthology. Stephanie and her husband live in the mountains of North Carolina."

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781250059314
Lexile Measure
700
Guided Reading Level
Z
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Publication date
October 25, 2016
Series
-
BISAC categories
YAF052000 - Young Adult Fiction | Romance | General
YAF057000 - Young Adult Fiction | Short Stories
YAF025000 - Young Adult Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations
Library of Congress categories
Short stories
Christmas stories
JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations /
Short stories, American
JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance
Christmas
Holidays
Love stories, American
Young adult fiction, American
Tayshas Reading
Commended 2016 - 2016

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