Letter From the Editor
Editor’s Note
By Emma Wood
Fiction
The Life of Beverly Henderson
By Jamison Freis, Art by Destan Cevher
Beverly, abandoned by both her parents as a baby, at 13 befriends a raccoon named Bandit and sets out to find her father
Fiction
Bullying
The Magic Pen and the Superhero
By Tudor Achim
Jeremy finds a magic pen that will help him fight his school’s bullies
Fiction
Friendship
It Will Never Be the Same
By Alexa Chiang, Art by Margaret Fulop
Left alone after her best friend moves away, the narrator struggles with loneliness
Fiction
Sense-of-Place
The Old Woman
By Rachael Ding, Art by Mia Fang
A woman passes through each season of life
Memoir
Alone
By Ugochinyere Agbaeze
“What if I’m alone forever?” the narrator wonders when her mother isn’t waiting at the bus stop
Memoir
Skull Tumor
By John Lash
An unexpected illness changes a boy’s life
Poems
Poetry-Reflections
The Angel
By Bo-Violet Vig, Art by Sloka Ganne
Art
Wolf on a Swing
By Sloka Ganne
Art
New York
By Destan Cevher
Art
Arch of Life
By Sloka Ganne
Art
Fall Portrait
By Mia Fang
Art
Reflection
By Margaret Fulop
