Letter From the Editor
Editor’s Note
By Diane Landolf
Fiction
Thunderbird
By Emma Chen Rolufs, Art by Sage Millen
Rico the chicken dreams of being champion of a sport dominated by bigger birds
Fiction
Thin Ice
By Lina Yoon, Art by Sloane Kinney
The narrator has a close call on the thin ice of a forest stream
Fiction
The Rise of Athena
By Willem Ehret, Art by Arial Makri Levy
Athena makes the other gods jealous with her ingenious new invention
Fiction
The Mystery of the Mona Lisa
By Ashwin Cohen, Art by Crystal Fu
A retired police officer stumbles onto a mystery at the Louvre
Fiction
Elephants Never Forget
By Maddie Rubenstein, Art by Lilian Newton
Gram can’t seem to fit in with the other students at school
Memoir
One Winter Day
By Evan Seungho Jee, Art by Madeline Male
A student takes a break from a long, cold day with a hot cup of noodles.
Memoir
One Person Short of a Family
By Aisana Zhumabayeva, Art by Lillian Beahan
Siblings receive devastating news after their father misses afterschool pickup
Memoir
When I Accidentally Drew an Arc around My Butterfly
By Norah Lu, Art by Arwen Gamez
The narrator turns a mistake into something beautiful
Poems
I am Here
By Oliver Halkett
Poems
The Onlooker
By Julia Xu
Poems
My Sneakers
By Lily Efergan
Poems
What Poetry Isn’t
By Oola Breen-Ryan
Poems
Morning Love
By Mara Occhuizzo
Art
Sapling Shadow
By Madeline Male
Art
The Royal Wave
By Sage Millen
Art
Emerging
By Sage Millen
Art
Water on Wood
By Karuna Yang
Art
Bright Vision
By Riya Kasture
Art
The Arcadia
By Arwen Gamez
Art
Twilight Fortress
By Ariel Makri Levy
Art
Light on Water Wall
By Madeline Male
Art
Triangle Man
By Angelo Theodore
Art
Lunch Time
By Lillian Beahan
Art
A World of Color
By Leticia Cheng
Art
Sucked into Black
By Leticia Cheng
Art
Macaroons
By Crystal Fu
Art
Lilian
By Lilian Newton
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By Sydney Kesselheim, Art by Sloane Kinney
