Letter From the Editor
Editor’s Note
By Diane Landolf
Fiction
Laiomi and the Dragons
By Felicia Johnson, Art by Siddharth Mukherjee
An elf girl tries to stop a dragon attack on her kingdom
Fiction
The Forest
By Callia Rodgers, Art by Eashua Yu-Xue Su
After the loss of her mother, Elara discovers her true birthright
Fiction
Rise Up
By Autumn E. Weinreich, Art by Xanthe Trim
A meek hermit crab is fed up with the bully crabs at school
Fiction
War in Pieces (Part III)
By Alice Pak, Art by Jason Jun
Misha and his mother flee their war-torn home in Ukraine
Memoir
Drowning in a Memory
By Micki Mermelstein, Art by Ishika Chakrobartty
Micki faces her fears by jumping off a cliff
Memoir
Rats!
By Siddharth Mukherjee, Art by Leticia Cheng
Siddharth discovers a surprising solution to his family’s rat problem
Memoir
A New Home
By Mark Chen, Art by Anushka Trivedi
Mark says goodbye to his familiar old apartment and neighborhood
Poems
state of peace
By Sylvie Zubaty
Poems
Swallows
By Ida Wiesenfeld
Poems
Little Bay Soup
By Marilena Korahais
Poems
Gone Feeding
By Petros Korahais
Poems
Questions
By Marielle Miller
Poems
Beautiful
By Lillian Power
Poems
Free Waters
By Lillian Power
Poems
yellow
By Sierra Elman
Poems
If You Find a Mirror
By Sophia Famolari
Poems
Untitled
By Nadia Darity
Art
Summer Summer
By Kaavya Killawala
Art
Lonely Little Cottage
By Ishika Chakrobartty
Art
Ode to the Sea
By Siddharth Mukherjee
Art
Lush Giant Tree
By Eashua Yu-Xue Su
Art
Spacing Out
By Leticia Cheng
Art
The Flowerpot
By Stuti Jain
Art
Fractals
By Anushka Trivedi
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By Schamil Saaed, Art by Kaavya Killawala
