Contents

Letter From the Editor

Editor’s Note

By Emma Wood

Stories

The Last Birthday Boy

By Olivia Ladell, Art by Cora Burch

What if you thought you were the last person on Earth?

Stories

My Life as A Tree

By Aiden Chen, Art by Cecilia Yang

Being a tree is not easy or peaceful as it seems

Stories

The Book With No Words

By Michaela Frey, Art by Jackie Cutrona

Meri struggles to find her voice again

Personal Narratives

The Time I Learned of Death

By Ilina Chaudhury, Art by Lila Raj

When her grandmother falls sick, the author is forced to confront death

Personal Narratives

The Globe is Warming

By Claire Jiang

 A series of autobiographical vignettes

Personal Narratives

Flowering Sedges

By Claire Jiang

Personal Narratives

Art, Music, and My Piano

By Claire Jiang

Personal Narratives

Just Claire

By Claire Jiang

Personal Narratives

The House with The Ugly Fence

By Claire Jiang

Personal Narratives

Legacy

By Claire Jiang

Poems

Poetry-Reflections

Playing Snatch-It

By Julia Marcus

Poems

Poetry-Sense-of-Place

A Window in the Evening

By Julia Marcus

Poems

Poetry-Reflections

Decisions

By Sofia Dardzinski

Poems

Poetry-Friends-and-Family

Where I’m From

By Talia E. Moyo

Poems

Poetry-Reflections

Fleeting

By Teddy Lykouretzos

Poems

Poetry-Reflections

Plastic Permanence

By Teddy Lykouretzos

Poems

Poetry-Reflections

Afterthought

By Daniel Shorten

Art

Tell Me a Secret

By Avery Multer

Art

Jupiter and Orion

By Cora Burch

Art

Five Open Eyes

By Miya Nambiar

Art

Rocks at Pohoiki Beach

By Lila Raj

Art

Coral Maze

By Grace Williams

Art

Fruit Basket

By Rithvi Bellamkonda

Art

Sunflower Fields

By Claire Jiang

Art

Blue Jay in Spring

By Cecilia Yang

Art

Reaching

By Jackie Cutrona

Honor Roll

Stone Soup Honor Roll: October 2020

By The Editors