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Reflection: A Twisted Tale, Reviewed by Pragnya, 13

In 1998, Disney released the animated film Mulan, a musical set in Han China that centers around Fa Mulan, an ...
A loving black-and-white photograph of wrinkled hands clasping young ones.

“Positive,” a personal narrative by Sarayu B., 11

Positive Sarayu B, 11 I got the news sometime in January. I was waiting, waiting, waiting for my grandmother to ...

Born on the First of Two, Reviewed by April, 13

We have lived in this world for so long that we often forget to notice its beauties and terrors. Although ...

The Other Realm, Reviewed by Ismini, 12

Tristan Hui's The Other Realm is a story of family and adventure sure to enthrall even the most hesitant reader ...

The Raven Heir, Reviewed by April, 13

Once, the Raven Kingdom was a place of beauty. Starflowers bloomed along the soft grass shared by nature and humans ...
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A New Christmas Tradition, a poem by Eleanor, 13

A New Christmas Tradition Eleanor Dagan, 13 Singing, dancing, musical instruments playing, The season of joy, and of red and ...

Little Women, Reviewed by Ashley, 13

Living in New England in the nineteenth century around the time of the civil war is the seemingly perfect, amiable ...

Thankfulness: a review of “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” by Grace Lin, by Daniel Zhu, 10

I have heard the following thought experiment countless times, albeit from different people: you can save your family (including you), ...

Half Magic, Reviewed by Anya, 13

The memory of Half Magic, by Edward Eager, has half-lingered in my mind for several years. I remembered liking the ...

Moon over Manifest, Reviewed by Daniel Zhu, 10

Although we prefer to get to know people face-to-face, it is possible for someone you have only heard stories of ...

Leviathan, Reviewed by Marco, 13

Blue whales are big animals. The biggest animals. The largest ever recorded blue whale was 98.1 feet long. The Leviathan ...

Other Words for Home, Reviewed by Sascha, 14

The novel Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga documents the life of Jude, a Syrian refugee that moves to ...