Stories
— A poor farm girl discovers money in an abandoned house, uses it for school, and starts a newspaper that leads to an unexpected friendship with a rival.
— A melodramatic sixth-grader faces her turn at kickball, convinced she'll die of embarrassment, spiraling through existential revelations before being saved by the lunch bell.
— A girl struggles for three years to answer her teacher's question about her future dreams, only finding an answer after the teacher's death.
— Uncontrollable By Peri Gordon, 11 It would only spread. It was huge. It was larger than any other that I’d seen, even on television. It was picking up...
— A Room, My Room The floorboards creaked as I entered the hallway. My bedroom door was open a crack, so I pushed my door back as I entered my dark...
— Cunning The sea is dark. The sky is darker. The waves are murky. The air is clear. The floor is shaking, this way and that, jerked around like a kite...
— The dark was interrupted by a brilliant light, Emitted by stars near the sea. The moon glowed ever so slightly in the night, And it seems like the glow is...
— The Near-Doom Incident (Longer Version) by Peri Gordon, 11 We were hiking. I didn’t want to stroll. I stretched my legs and launched ahead of my parents, feet flying...
— The rain was pouring. I had no protection. I had maximum adrenaline. I had to run, but I had nowhere to go soon. The coast was nearing, and that meant...
— Lola stared wistfully outside the green glass window, waiting for her father, secretly knowing that he wouldn’t show up. It was like this every day, her absent father, her mother...