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Lydia Iliff
Published March 22, 2020
What is the point of friends? Are they supposed to make you laugh? Cry? Are they there for you? Are they kind? Hard-working? Do they give up? Do people like you just because you’re rich?...
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Hannah Nami Gajcowski, Art by Ava Shorten
Published March 22, 2020
You can read the first installment of Hannah’s novella, which placed third in our 2019 book contest, in the April 2020 issue of Stone Soup. The final installment will appear in our June 2020 issue....
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Naomi Angel Farkas
Published March 20, 2020
Ravens were my favorite, with their midnight feathers full of mystery, dreams, and the whisper of age-old spirits. I loved the hummingbirds beating their wings at what seemed to be the speed of sound as...
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Harper Fortgang, Art by Rishika Porandla
Published March 20, 2020
Evelyn is teased for trying to join the Boys’ Chess Club Meet Evelyn Thompson. In kindergarten, she tore down the micro-soccer field in a dress and Mary Janes. By first grade, she could play Bach...
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Lilly-June Gordon
Published March 20, 2020
Who am I? It depends if you are asking me. My peers know only a rendition of me. An aloof me. Do I even have friends? It depends if you are asking me. My peers...
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Sara Heller, Art by Sage Millen
Published March 20, 2020
After a bad fall shakes her confidence as a ballerina, Sara resolves to get stronger The thin black straps from my leotard dug into my skin. My feet stung and ached inside my dirty, pink...
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Leon Antonov, Art by Adhi Sukhdial
Published March 19, 2020
When a killer whale smashes into their ship, Alan and his pet cormorant have to fend for themselves The mission was supposed to be simple: sail out into the Atlantic Ocean, take on board a...
