Nine Stories: "Just Before the War with the Eskimos" by J.D. Salinger

To settle a dispute, Ginnie accompanies her classmate Selena home, where she ends up speaking with Selena’s older brother, Franklin.

Here are links to our lists for other short stories in Nine Stories: A Perfect Day for Bananafish,
Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, The Laughing Man, Down at the Dinghy, For Esmé–with Love and Squalor, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes, De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period, Teddy

Here is a link to our lists for J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye.