After the Nova

by YA Stories, YA Stories, Lily Segna (Contributor)

As COVID-19 sprawled across the world, our youth had to adjust to life without the support of their peers, teachers, clubs, and communities. The Unapologetic Voice House created a Young Adult imprint called YA Stories! to give children between the ages of 11 - 17 an outlet to express themselves through.. 

After the Nova is the first anthology published by YA Stories!. 

In this anthology, you will find stories of perseverance and strength. Our female-driven narratives explore themes of escape, isolation, and the passage of time. Some stories explore the comfort of home and school, and others span oceans, mountains, fields, and the stars. Some stories are set in the future, others in the distant past, but they all dwell on a common  

How do we pick ourselves up after a disaster?

188 pages, Paperback

Published January 4, 2022

Reviews

[Kim Childress · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent example to share with budding young writers and booklovers ages 8 and up, with a wide variety of shorty stories, poems, written by teens for teens, with a theme of sci-fi and mental health! I really am impressed and encourage young children to write and share their stories, which is what leads to contributing to anthologies like After the Nova. I've always loved sci-fi, and I love the otherwordly approach to issues around mental health. Each setting unique, each story offers a "safe place" for readers to examine lives of other characters and their struggles and apply to their own life situations, viewed through the lens of alternate universes of all kinds. I enjoy short stories between long books, I love reading this book and gaining insight into young minds. I think boys and girls would be interested in this book because it has stories written by other young boys and girls. Classroom curriculum potential, highly recommend for youth librarians.