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Out of the Pandemic, poetry in seasons by Paridhi, 13 | Part III: Summer 2020
Author's Statement I started writing this piece as an optional assignment in my seventh grade English class. It was an ...

Deserter, Reviewed by Sita, 13
I never enjoyed being scared like my peers did. I was the kid who refused to go on roller coasters, ...

Out of the Pandemic, poetry in seasons by Paridhi, 13 | Part II: Spring 2020
Author's Statement I started writing this piece as an optional assignment in my seventh grade English class. It was an ...

Pandemic Echoes
An invisible enemy has changed our lives. Lives lost, all too soon. Soon slinks fear, that we contain in isolation ...

Becoming Pablo Neruda: The Dreamer, Reviewed by Emma, 10
The Dreamer, written by Pam Muñoz Ryan and illustrated by Peter Sís, is a unique story based on Pablo Neruda’s ...

Out of the Pandemic, poetry in seasons by Paridhi, 13 | Part I: Winter 2020
Author's Statement I started writing this piece as an optional assignment in my seventh grade English class. It was an ...

Ways to Make Sunshine, Reviewed by Samantha, 11
Have you ever had one of those devastatingly rainy days? Your plans are ruined and you just feel kind of ...

Kiki Strike: Inside The Shadow City, Reviewed by Sita, 11
The YA novel Kiki Strike: Inside The Shadow City, is unlike any book I’ve ever read. The main character, twelve ...

Roller Girl, Reviewed by Akhil, 11
A year ago I signed up for something called Oregon Battle of the Books. I was discussing with my team ...

The Hobbit, Reviewed by Nora, 12
I first read The Hobbit when I was seven years old. I was instantly intrigued by the adventure, and wanted ...

Kind of A Big Deal, Reviewed by Pragnya, 12
How cool would it be to live inside a book? Where everything is planned out for you to have a ...

The Land of Stories, Reviewed by Nora, 12
Imagine if Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Snow White, and Rumplestiltskin were all real. Imagine if all the fairy tale ...