IB MYP Language & Literature
— A child from Mars describes their home on the Red Planet, revealing complex feelings about Earth through contrasts of color, freedom, and beauty.
— In war-torn Avdiivka, two best friends navigate the chaos of Russian-Ukrainian conflict as buildings collapse, threatening letters arrive, and families prepare to flee their homeland.
— After his grandfather's death, a boy finds solace bird-watching in Central Park, where observing cardinals and hawks helps him accept his grief and stop running from loss.
— A bored 12-year-old builds a time machine from trash, travels to ancient Alexandria with her talking cat, and must convince Julius Caesar not to burn the library to save human...
— A woman nurtures a mysterious seedling that grows into an extraordinary plant, dies, and leaves offspring; after her death, she reunites with the plant's true spirit—a boy.
— A granddaughter observes how her grandmother's blue cotton dress absorbs daily scents and reflects the Korean proverb that clothes reveal character.
— As conflict between Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces approaches their border town, two childhood friends witness the gradual erosion of their peaceful world through power outages, distant explosions, and rising...
— Dawn in winter Asheville: a solitary observer watches snow fall, trees dance in wind, and contemplates ancestors' fear before the household wakes.
— A boy who sees himself as an elephant struggles with how others perceive his differences, finding solace in a sandbox where he imagines letting worries fall away like sand.
— After their father fails to pick them up from school, two siblings wait in an empty cafeteria until an ambulance arrives to take them to the hospital where they learn...