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Loneliness, a poem by Salma Hadi-St. John, 11

Salma Hadi St. John, 11 Oak Park, IL   Loneliness Salma Hadi-St. John, 11 My friends are all gone My life has disappeared Into a new world of loneliness It is just my family and I   Loneliness is like a tree in the desert The only cat in town A star stuck in space […]

Defeating Covid-19 Together, a story by Emily Gu, 9

Emily Gu, 9 Defeating Covid-19 Together Emily Gu, 9        Purell had always wanted to get this much attention. Before he became the most popular kid in school, he was an unused loner sitting on the counter. Even worse, sometimes he was desperately waiting to be rescued from the dark locker where the […]

Zoom Sagas, creative nonfiction by Stella, 11

Stella, 11 Zoom sagas Stella, 11 “I ain’t never used this alien program!” —Darlene I The only thing my sister could see of her second grade teacher for the whole first week of school was Mrs. Watson’s eyebrows. She couldn’t hear much either. Probably because Mrs. Watson had all twenty-nine kids’ microphones unmuted. So you […]