IB MYP Language & Literature

Story·Isabel Stronski, age 12 — After her mother's death, a girl moves to a farm with her father and encounters an old woman who tends a single bean plant, her only inheritance from her late...

Story·Abby K. Svetlik, age 12 — A girl moves from Colorado to New York after her mother's death, resisting the change until an elderly landlady helps her see that pain makes love meaningful.

Story·Jack Zimmerman, age 11 — A boy jealous of his cousin's building projects with their grandfather finally gets his chance when they build a chicken coop together during a summer visit.

Story·Siena DeBenedittis, age 13 — A girl sneaks out for a midnight swim in the pool the night before moving away, finding solace in the underwater light and the stars above.

Story·Nadezh Mulholland, age 13 — A girl discovers a mysterious book that transports her into its pages, where she finds reassurance that her comatose sister will recover.

Story·Sophie Eisenberg-Edidin, age 13 — A ten-year-old girl struggles to reconnect with her father when he returns from World War II, discovering both his trauma and their shared memories at the chicken coop.

Story·Anonymous — After her beloved Siamese cat Silver Blue dies in a car accident, a girl rejects a replacement kitten until one cold night when the kitten's comfort helps her accept loss...

Story·Ari Rubin, age 11 — A boy's annoyance with his persistent neighbor Lindy transforms into understanding when he witnesses her being taken away by police after domestic violence.

Story·Corina Castillo, age 12 — A Navajo girl witnesses her grandfather, a medicine man, heal her mother from witchcraft by finding and burning a buried bear paw placed by a malevolent neighbor.

Story·Yuthilcar Sokban — A Cambodian child recounts surviving the Khmer Rouge regime, forced labor camps, dangerous escape attempts, and eventual journey to freedom in America.