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Cover of Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland, showing an orange dragon flying above the ocean

The Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy, Reviewed by Jackson, 12

When people think of fairy tales, they often think of traditional stories like Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Shrek ...
A dark, morbid charcoal drawing of a slumped girl.

Schooling in the Midst of a Global Pandemic: Thoughts of an 11-Year-Old

“Returning to school is a privilege.” These were the first words I remember hearing when I stepped into the school ...
Cover of The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau, showing a boy and girl running down a staircase in flames

The People of Sparks, Reviewed by Orin, 11

Sometimes teachers are right. From the moment I set my eyes on the first word of The City of Ember, ...
Mixed media piece of humans in burrows under the soil

Apart Together, a mixed media piece by Ena, 12

"Last year, in the first few months of quarantine, I was feeling overwhelmed and hopeless, but most of all, alone ...
A Faraway Place looking at a house

Relocating, by Diya, 12

Hello, it’s Diya again! Today, I wanted to keep this write-up short and simple. I recently moved to the Bay ...
A collage of three acrylic paintings - one blue, one black-and-white, one green- of a girl’s face.

Three poems by Kai Wells, 12

Black God created us hoping we would be equal Not knowing that some would be treated differently Killed Murdered Shot ...

Hello Neighbor: Missing Pieces, Reviewed by Abhi Sukhdial, 11

Hello Neighbor: Missing Pieces by Carly Anne West is a very unique kind of book. It’s because the book is ...

The Ramona Quimby Series, Reviewed by Tara Prakash, 12

The Ramona Series are the type of books that you will just keep pulling out of your bookshelf to read, ...

Finally, Reviewed by Vandana, 12

There is magic in everyday life. Sometimes we overlook it or take it for granted, but it is there. There's ...

Shouting at the Rain, Reviewed by Vandana Ravi, 12

"We're like tea bags. In hot water, we just get stronger and stronger." These two sentences from Shouting at the ...

Coraline, Reviewed by Soohong, 12

The amazing book I read this summer was Coraline by Neil Gaiman. I found this book so enjoyable because there ...

The Hate U Give, Reviewed by Ben, 13, and Jackson, 13

Editor's Note: The following review is review is co-written by Ben Frost and Jackson Ohle-Kot. In our opinion The Hate ...