IB MYP Language & Literature
— A girl disobeys her grandfather's warning and reads a magic book from his library, causing plants and animals to erupt from its pages until he rescues her.
— A young gymnast fails to complete her back walkover during competition but returns to the empty gym afterward and finally succeeds, finding meaning in the unwitnessed achievement.
— Two sisters race across neighboring lawns, the older rediscovering the pure joy of running barefoot through grass on a summer day.
— A 10-year-old chronicles his parents' divorce with remarkable emotional intelligence, tracing the journey from loss through fights over custody to unexpected gains including a stepfather and baby brother.
— A granddaughter recalls tea and conversation with her grandmother, then confronts the shock of learning her grandmother had lost her will to live.
— A girl races to catch waves on the last days of summer, gets tumbled by a big swell, then eagerly paddles back out for more.
— During community service punishment, Bailey watches ducks struggle free from thorns and finds hope for her parents battling her father's cancer.
— A girl in California gazes into a snow globe's winter scene, imagining the Christmas town inside before returning to the blazing heat outside.
— A boy learns his father must move to California for work, runs away in anger and confusion, then returns home ready to face the separation.
— Two competitive students challenge each other at chin-ups in a rain-soaked park, pushing past their limits to discover something beyond winning.