By Una Dorr
Published January 21, 2018
It was a tall, weather-beaten building with countless weather-beaten balconies jutting out of its sides. Milo, a plump and red-faced 9-year-old, had felt unsafe in the top floor drafty apartment since his grandma had sold...
By Sophie Nerine
Published January 21, 2018
We are in the valley between two mountains coated in blue, like sheep’s wool. It is suffocatingly beautiful, and exhilarating at the same time. A river runs by us. White stream-water moves quickly, unreservedly down...
By Ellen Salovaara
Published January 21, 2018
I was young when it happened—a mere eight-years-old. Daddy had gone out one day for work . . . and hadn't come back. The funeral was impossible to bear. Mama was crying hysterically, and the...
by
Margaret Peterson Haddix, Reviewed by Portia Li
Published January 21, 2018
The Children of Exile By Margaret Peterson Haddix; Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers: New York, 2015; $17.99 Have you ever had a hard decision deciding between two books to read? I started in...
By Nour Mokbel
Published January 21, 2018
Rolling waves of green blue spume, Soothe my aching feet, Silver specks whiz by against the stone, I look up from the shallow waters, The sky coated in a pastel orange pink, Seagulls soar my...
By Morgan Lane
Published January 20, 2018
Magnificence! There is no Screeching. The notes Are pronounced. Mistakes, Nonexistent. The beauty Piercing the ears. The sound Flowing, A river. Unlike Any other. I will listen to It all day. Hating When it...
