Stories
— I pushed the charred curtain out of the way as I stepped outside. The ground was blackened with the ash of everything that was destroyed. Bones littered the ground. Smoke...
— Fear of Drowning I was flying. It felt like I was floating on the water,but this time without sinking in, without coming up coughing and spitting. I didn’t know howto...
— The horse The horse sped through the halcyon forest heading to a calamitously clandestine destination derived from betrayal, hidden from the hatred of all. Some called the horse heroic –...
— Rose was running. Although she didn’t know what shewas running from and where she was going, she just couldn’t stop running. Her heart poundedlike it was going to burst out...
— My Shame (William’s class) By Peri Gordon, 11 Whistle, whistle. They inhabit me like I am some sort of haunted medieval fortress. Whoosh. One of them darts through one of...
— The Grammatically-Correct Librarian (William’s class; taught this week by Anya and Madeline) By Peri Gordon, 11 Oliver stammered, “I’m, uh, not sure, uh, ma’am, would you like me to assist...
— A girl falls through her apartment floor into another realm where she teams up with a refugee shelter volunteer to steal a car and journey to the mysterious island of...
— Katrina's life changes when she befriends Mr. McCumber, a lonely old man, and later finds herself in an orphanage where she forms a chosen family with other orphaned girls.
— “Boo!” Arthur yelled, which ended up scaring him more than it scared Aleya. “Ooh,” Aleya said in a bored tone, rolling her eyes. “That was soooooo scary.” Arthur frowned. “But...
— Rose was running. Although she didn’t know what shewas running from and where she was going, she just couldn’t stop running. Her heart poundedlike it was going to burst out...