The Blue Wings, a realistic-fiction novel by Jef Aerts, centers around a boy named Josh and his older brother Jadran. Jadran has a cognitive condition that presents itself in the form of obsessive thoughts and outbursts, which are sometimes violent, so his mom relies on Josh to take care of him. At Jadran’s school, The […]
Young Bloggers
Together, a poem by Ethan Van, 10
Ethan Van, 10Irvine, CA Together Ethan Van, 10 Talking together. Chatting together. Homework together. Playing together. Running together. Left school. Can’t go outside. Talking no more. Chatting no more. Homework no more. Playing no more. Running no more. Or… Video calls. Distance chatting. Wired homework. Playing online. Running inside. Figured out ways, To stay Together. […]
Back to School in the Pandemic
“You must be…” the principal said. Through my nervousness I said, “Lauren,” even though my friends at my old school knew me as Eunice. Seems to me that I still can’t believe I just moved to Chicago from my life in California. It was my second time moving to a whole new place, and I […]
