Letter From the Editor
Editor’s Note
By Emma Wood
Fiction
The Trials and Tribulations of Swifty Appledoe (Part One)
By Ariana Kralicek
Swifty Appledoe embarks on a new mission: to become just like the most annoyingly perfect girl in school
Fiction
The Cookie Jar
By Isabelle Chapman, Art by Andralyn Yao
A blue cookie jar helps Elsie get through her days
Fiction
The Bright Yellow
By Ella Kate Starzyk, Art by Adele Stamenov
A girl wakes up to discover that everything has turned yellow
Fiction
Tom Green
By Zahra Batteh, Art by Rohan Jayakrishnan
Tom Green is very spoiled and lazy—until an accident forces him to change his life
Fiction
A Small Moment
By Allison Sargent, Art by Alexa Zhang
Allison struggles to accept what her mother tells her: that “different is good”
Poems
A New Nature
By Ikran Mohamed
Poems
Climbing Treetops
By Sadie Smith
Poems
The Breeze
By Sadie Smith
Poems
Cabin Fever
By Ella Pierce
Art
The Fireflies
By Audrey Champness
Art
Untitled (I)
By Salma Hadi-St. John
Art
Untitled (II)
By Salma Hadi-St. John
Art
Entrapped
By Andralyn Yao
Art
Go Bananas
By Adele Stamenov
Art
Dream Bedroom
By Rohan Jayakrishnan
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By Lina Kim