June 2020

Story·Hannah Nami Gajcowski, age 9 — A young girl with magical powers must defeat an evil rock star who has enslaved Neptune's citizens with mind-controlling lightning, aided by new friends and a talking rat.

Artwork·Rebecca Wu

Poetry·Juliet Del Fabbro, age 11 — A young person resists the world's morning energy, finding comfort instead in rain sounds and the warm cave of bed on a Saturday.

Poetry·Juliet Del Fabbro, age 11 — Cool summer nights become a canvas where stars rewrite the world, breezes snake through ivy, and memory crystallizes into art.

Poetry·Juliet Del Fabbro, age 11 — A young person stands at the edge of a swimming hole, heart racing with summer adrenaline, before finally dropping into the dark blue water below.

Artwork·Abigail Craven

Story·Anya Geist, age 13 — A nine-year-old Jewish boy is smuggled from Warsaw to Switzerland inside a curtain during WWII, separated from his family but eventually finding hope through a letter confirming their safety.

Artwork·Anya Geist

Story·Lena Donofrio, age 12 — A Vietnamese girl named Hoa, overwhelmed by her new American school, runs away to the fields where a mystical connection to nature helps her find peace with her new home.

Artwork·Grace Jones