The Leap

by Josiah Ney

Published December 30, 2015

I stand at the top of the cliff, gazing down at the clear, cool green of the water. I can...
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Below

By Meg McKinlay, Reviewed by Sundari Arunarasu

Published December 30, 2015

Below, by Meg McKinlay, Candlewick Press: Massachusetts, 2013; $15.99 Anyone would think that if you drowned a town with five...
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Believing

by Isabel Folger

Published December 30, 2015

“We’re what?!!” I gasped, blinking in disbelief. “Moving, Naomi. To Hawaii.” My dad looked like he was torn between which...
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The Fairy House

By Lucy Hoak

Published December 30, 2015

Nestled between two gnarled tree roots Is a fairy house with A sunken floor of red clay, A triangular roof...
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Catching Mice

by Eoin O’Mara

Published December 29, 2015

The mouse was a smooth-furred, jittery-nosed, small-as-grass field mouse. I remember sitting on the roughly carpeted floor early in the...
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Nature’s Plea

By Aiwen L. Desai

Published December 29, 2015

The howl of a wolf Driven from her home The wail of an elephant Shot down for his precious tusks...
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Subway Adventure

by Elam Fifer-Whiting

Published December 29, 2015

It is super hot, humid. Sweat is running down my back like a brook. I am waiting. The A train...
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Sugar

By Jewell Parker Rhodes, Reviewed by Sonia Patel Banker

Published December 29, 2015

Sugar, by Jewell Parker Rhodes; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: New York, 2013; $16.99 Ten-year-old Sugar lives on the...
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The Locket

by Elia Smith

Published December 29, 2015

One warm summer evening, when the sun was just beginning to set over the sea, a single bird chirped melodiously....
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About Winning

by Lauren Vanden Bosch

Published December 29, 2015

The day I abandoned my best friend was the day I lost myself. With her I was everything, and without...
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