Magical Childhood

by Luke Brolsma

Published November 19, 2015

Memories… I am six years old. I am the hero of this story. Me and my friends are inseparable. For...
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One Last Chance

by Tatum Schutt

Published November 19, 2015

Ella wrapped her legs around the cold metal of the folding chair, held her résumé, headshot, and sheet music tightly,...
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Out of My Mind

By Sharon M. Draper, Reviewed by Lila Gaudrault

Published November 19, 2015

Out of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper; Atheneum Books for Young Readers: New York, 2010; $17.99 Eleven-year-old Melody Brooks...
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Dancing Birds

by Ayla Schultz

Published November 19, 2015

  It was a cold Sunday morning in the fall. The trees were bare and looked like they needed a...
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Finding a Bug on a Summer Morning

By Ella Fasciano

Published November 19, 2015

here this is a black dot. that moves uncontrollably in the slight breeze at odd angles in twisted, bent ways...
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Spirit of Love

by Sonia Carroll

Published November 19, 2015

Perhaps it’s because we never know what happens to us after dying that makes the topic of death so intriguing....
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The Scream in the Night

by Shyla DeLand

Published November 19, 2015

It was a hot summer night when I first heard the scream. I sat up fast, the blankets tangled around...
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Wake Up Missing

By Kate Messner, Reviewed by Abraham Lawrence

Published November 19, 2015

Wake Up Missing, by Kate Messner; Walker Children’s Books: New York, 2014; $7.99 "The most terrifying thing about hitting your...
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Hero

by Nikitha Raju

Published November 19, 2015

October 11, 1781. Dear Journal, I see examples of bravery everywhere. Benjamin Franklin is rallying up the colonists, hoping to...
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Monster-Muskie

By Ben Stieren

Published November 19, 2015

In the cold, dark waters of the lake in Wisconsin, His yellow eyes swivel about His ns never stop waving...
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