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Table of Contents for Stone Soup

Stone Soup Magazine

Navy-Blue Cloth— Words and Pain

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Kathryn Malnight

The Highest Football

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Jaylen Wang

I Cry

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By Isabella Ainsworth

Reject

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Ella Staats

The Chesapeake Bay Manatee

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Brooke Antoine

What Is Laughter?

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By Zoë Cassinelli

Mexican Song

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Kimberly Vance

My Lovely

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By Clara Bogard

The Shimmering Waterfall River

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Jamie Geng

Silent Friends

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Emily Grant

Dogtag Summer

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By Elizabeth Partridge, Reviewed by Jyasi and Tessa Nagel

The Three Wishes

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Alison Lanza

Summertide Sunset

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By Nastassja Carusetta

My Brother’s Smile

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Namrata Ramya Balasingam

The Grave Robber’s Secret

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By Anna Myers, Reviewed by Loren Townsend

The Real Winner

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Michele Younger

Blood Red

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By Jeremy Trujillo

Plastic Eggs and a Wind-Up Rabbit

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Cammie Keel

A Different Kind of Friend

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Lydia Solodiuk

Moment of Truth

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By Marshall McKenna

Window into the Wild

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Claire Hekkala

Dumpling Days

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By Grace Lin, Reviewed by Emily Chen

Homecoming

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Haley Chee

Daffodil

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By Madeleine Yi

Logs

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Naima Okami

Noire

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By Jonah O’Hara David

History Is Worth Preserving

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Maya Martin,

Age 12

Hidden Pools

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Risa Askerooth

Morphing into Monsters

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By Candace Huntington

Yosemite Grasslands

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Meilan Steimle

Steve Jobs

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By Walter Isaacson, Reviewed by Richard Ma

Let It Be

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Rachel Keirstead

Learning to Love

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Peter O’Shea

My Mother’s Little Girl

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Ella Staats

Fall Night

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By Elizabeth R. Herndon

Tranquility Reservoir

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Billy Liptrot

Adrin’s Chase

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Arden Bastia

Mission Beach

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Natalie Bettendorf

We the Children (Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School)

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By Andrew Clements, Reviewed by Madeline Hastie

Royal Blue

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Emma Callet

The Jewel Case

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By Ruhi Sah

I’m Home

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Marie-Rose Sheinerman

The Nature Walk

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By Tanay Kumta

Discovering Opportunities

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Ocyin Davis

Fixing Delilah

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By Sarah Ockler, Reviewed by Anna Vinitsky

Missing

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Ruby Dietz

A Walk Down the Ocean

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Abby Lustig

My Coat of Many Colors

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By Matthew Brailsford

The Lily Hair Clip

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Katherine E. All

Sean Griswold’s Head

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By Lindsey Levitt, Reviewed by Marcella R. Gerszten

The Most Important Thing

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Grace Manning

Farewell

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By Sarah Wood

Eye of the Storm

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By Kate Messner, Reviewed by Sarah Bosworth

Friends Forever

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Naomi Vliet

You Can Reach the Horizon

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Lucy Lu

The First Morning of Winter

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By Cammie Keel

A Fortunate Soul

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Isabel Folger

Okay for Now

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By Gary D. Schmidt, Reviewed by Ryan Traynor

The Power of the Swan

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Alexandra Langley

Missoula of the Mountains

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Lily Strauss

Shriveled Roses

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By Ethan Vranic

Not Quite as Easy as Pie

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Miriam Henerson

Tuesdays at the Castle

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By Jessica Day George, Reviewed by Rachel Halpern

My Kitty Mango

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Isabella Widrow

The Chances We Take

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By Nastassja Carusetta

Breeze

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Sarina Rani Deb

Lillian

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Alyssa Ingle

Dreamer of Dreams

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By Danielle Eagle

The Ghost Children

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Krystle DiCristofalo

Camp Conflict

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David Agosto-Ginsburg

My Life with the Lincolns

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By Gayle Brandeis, Reviewed by Ana Sofía Uzsoy

My Dog

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By Abby Shaffer

Gold and Silver Stars

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Alice Ford

My Chicken

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By Abigail D’Agosta

Remembering

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Brooke Fallows

Otherworld Chronicles: The Invisible Tower

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By Nils Johnson-Shelton, Reviewed by Nick Ehrhardt

Katie’s League

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Emily Worrell

The Scarlet King

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Shyla DeLand

I See Only Beauty

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By Jeremy Long

Finding Keeper

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Annnabel Chosy

An Indescribable Feeling

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Ben Hayes

The Trains That Went By 31 Years Ago

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By Stella White

Moonlight Waltz

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Ella Staats

Temple Grandin

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By Sy Montgomery, Reviewed by Richard Ma

Furious Fire

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Sadie Robb

Sleep

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By Sarah Welch

Magical Words

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Elise Arancio

Wolf in the Woods

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Kira Householder

Inside Out and Back Again

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By Thanhha Lai, Reviewed by Annie Sheehan-Dean

In My Own Backyard

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Melissa Birchfield

My Father’s Doves

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Jenny Li

Memories and Beginnings

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Melissa Birchfield

Running

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By Astrid May Steiner-Manning

Jump

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Melissa Louie

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

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By Trenton Lee Stewart, Reviewed by Marina Dauer

The Right Wing

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Anika Joshi

Dream of Dancing

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Greta Kvittem

Frights

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By Sam Laskin

Whisper of Night

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Jenna Fields

The Ocean Child

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Danielle Eagle

Navy-Blue Cloth— Words and Pain

|

Kathryn Malnight

The Highest Football

|

Jaylen Wang

I Cry

|

By Isabella Ainsworth

Reject

|

Ella Staats

The Chesapeake Bay Manatee

|

Brooke Antoine

What Is Laughter?

|

By Zoë Cassinelli

Mexican Song

|

Kimberly Vance

My Lovely

|

By Clara Bogard

The Shimmering Waterfall River

|

Jamie Geng

Silent Friends

|

Emily Grant

Dogtag Summer

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By Elizabeth Partridge, Reviewed by Jyasi and Tessa Nagel

The Three Wishes

|

Alison Lanza

Summertide Sunset

|

By Nastassja Carusetta

My Brother’s Smile

|

Namrata Ramya Balasingam

The Grave Robber’s Secret

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By Anna Myers, Reviewed by Loren Townsend

The Real Winner

|

Michele Younger

Blood Red

|

By Jeremy Trujillo

Plastic Eggs and a Wind-Up Rabbit

|

Cammie Keel

A Different Kind of Friend

|

Lydia Solodiuk

Moment of Truth

|

By Marshall McKenna

Window into the Wild

|

Claire Hekkala

Dumpling Days

|

By Grace Lin, Reviewed by Emily Chen

Homecoming

|

Haley Chee

Daffodil

|

By Madeleine Yi

Logs

|

Naima Okami

Noire

|

By Jonah O’Hara David

History Is Worth Preserving

|

Maya Martin,

Age 12

Hidden Pools

|

Risa Askerooth

Morphing into Monsters

|

By Candace Huntington

Yosemite Grasslands

|

Meilan Steimle

Steve Jobs

|

By Walter Isaacson, Reviewed by Richard Ma

Let It Be

|

Rachel Keirstead

Learning to Love

|

Peter O’Shea

My Mother’s Little Girl

|

Ella Staats

Fall Night

|

By Elizabeth R. Herndon

Tranquility Reservoir

|

Billy Liptrot

Adrin’s Chase

|

Arden Bastia

Mission Beach

|

Natalie Bettendorf

We the Children (Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School)

|

By Andrew Clements, Reviewed by Madeline Hastie

Royal Blue

|

Emma Callet

The Jewel Case

|

By Ruhi Sah

I’m Home

|

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

The Nature Walk

|

By Tanay Kumta

Discovering Opportunities

|

Ocyin Davis

Fixing Delilah

|

By Sarah Ockler, Reviewed by Anna Vinitsky

Missing

|

Ruby Dietz

A Walk Down the Ocean

|

Abby Lustig

My Coat of Many Colors

|

By Matthew Brailsford

The Lily Hair Clip

|

Katherine E. All

Sean Griswold’s Head

|

By Lindsey Levitt, Reviewed by Marcella R. Gerszten

The Most Important Thing

|

Grace Manning

Farewell

|

By Sarah Wood

Eye of the Storm

|

By Kate Messner, Reviewed by Sarah Bosworth

Friends Forever

|

Naomi Vliet

You Can Reach the Horizon

|

Lucy Lu

The First Morning of Winter

|

By Cammie Keel

A Fortunate Soul

|

Isabel Folger

Okay for Now

|

By Gary D. Schmidt, Reviewed by Ryan Traynor

The Power of the Swan

|

Alexandra Langley

Missoula of the Mountains

|

Lily Strauss

Shriveled Roses

|

By Ethan Vranic

Not Quite as Easy as Pie

|

Miriam Henerson

Tuesdays at the Castle

|

By Jessica Day George, Reviewed by Rachel Halpern

My Kitty Mango

|

Isabella Widrow

The Chances We Take

|

By Nastassja Carusetta

Breeze

|

Sarina Rani Deb

Lillian

|

Alyssa Ingle

Dreamer of Dreams

|

By Danielle Eagle

The Ghost Children

|

Krystle DiCristofalo

Camp Conflict

|

David Agosto-Ginsburg

My Life with the Lincolns

|

By Gayle Brandeis, Reviewed by Ana Sofía Uzsoy

My Dog

|

By Abby Shaffer

Gold and Silver Stars

|

Alice Ford

My Chicken

|

By Abigail D’Agosta

Remembering

|

Brooke Fallows

Otherworld Chronicles: The Invisible Tower

|

By Nils Johnson-Shelton, Reviewed by Nick Ehrhardt

Katie’s League

|

Emily Worrell

The Scarlet King

|

Shyla DeLand

I See Only Beauty

|

By Jeremy Long

Finding Keeper

|

Annnabel Chosy

An Indescribable Feeling

|

Ben Hayes

The Trains That Went By 31 Years Ago

|

By Stella White

Moonlight Waltz

|

Ella Staats

Temple Grandin

|

By Sy Montgomery, Reviewed by Richard Ma

Furious Fire

|

Sadie Robb

Sleep

|

By Sarah Welch

Magical Words

|

Elise Arancio

Wolf in the Woods

|

Kira Householder

Inside Out and Back Again

|

By Thanhha Lai, Reviewed by Annie Sheehan-Dean

In My Own Backyard

|

Melissa Birchfield

My Father’s Doves

|

Jenny Li

Memories and Beginnings

|

Melissa Birchfield

Running

|

By Astrid May Steiner-Manning

Jump

|

Melissa Louie

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

|

By Trenton Lee Stewart, Reviewed by Marina Dauer

The Right Wing

|

Anika Joshi

Dream of Dancing

|

Greta Kvittem

Frights

|

By Sam Laskin

Whisper of Night

|

Jenna Fields

The Ocean Child

|

Danielle Eagle

Navy-Blue Cloth— Words and Pain

|

Kathryn Malnight

The Highest Football

|

Jaylen Wang

I Cry

|

By Isabella Ainsworth

Reject

|

Ella Staats

The Chesapeake Bay Manatee

|

Brooke Antoine

What Is Laughter?

|

By Zoë Cassinelli

Mexican Song

|

Kimberly Vance

My Lovely

|

By Clara Bogard

The Shimmering Waterfall River

|

Jamie Geng

Silent Friends

|

Emily Grant

Dogtag Summer

|

By Elizabeth Partridge, Reviewed by Jyasi and Tessa Nagel

The Three Wishes

|

Alison Lanza

Summertide Sunset

|

By Nastassja Carusetta

My Brother’s Smile

|

Namrata Ramya Balasingam

The Grave Robber’s Secret

|

By Anna Myers, Reviewed by Loren Townsend

The Real Winner

|

Michele Younger

Blood Red

|

By Jeremy Trujillo

Plastic Eggs and a Wind-Up Rabbit

|

Cammie Keel

A Different Kind of Friend

|

Lydia Solodiuk

Moment of Truth

|

By Marshall McKenna

Window into the Wild

|

Claire Hekkala

Dumpling Days

|

By Grace Lin, Reviewed by Emily Chen

Homecoming

|

Haley Chee

Daffodil

|

By Madeleine Yi

Logs

|

Naima Okami

Noire

|

By Jonah O’Hara David

History Is Worth Preserving

|

Maya Martin,

Age 12

Hidden Pools

|

Risa Askerooth

Morphing into Monsters

|

By Candace Huntington

Yosemite Grasslands

|

Meilan Steimle

Steve Jobs

|

By Walter Isaacson, Reviewed by Richard Ma

Let It Be

|

Rachel Keirstead

Learning to Love

|

Peter O’Shea

My Mother’s Little Girl

|

Ella Staats

Fall Night

|

By Elizabeth R. Herndon

Tranquility Reservoir

|

Billy Liptrot

Adrin’s Chase

|

Arden Bastia

Mission Beach

|

Natalie Bettendorf

We the Children (Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School)

|

By Andrew Clements, Reviewed by Madeline Hastie

Royal Blue

|

Emma Callet

The Jewel Case

|

By Ruhi Sah

I’m Home

|

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

The Nature Walk

|

By Tanay Kumta

Discovering Opportunities

|

Ocyin Davis

Fixing Delilah

|

By Sarah Ockler, Reviewed by Anna Vinitsky

Missing

|

Ruby Dietz

A Walk Down the Ocean

|

Abby Lustig

My Coat of Many Colors

|

By Matthew Brailsford

The Lily Hair Clip

|

Katherine E. All

Sean Griswold’s Head

|

By Lindsey Levitt, Reviewed by Marcella R. Gerszten

The Most Important Thing

|

Grace Manning

Farewell

|

By Sarah Wood

Eye of the Storm

|

By Kate Messner, Reviewed by Sarah Bosworth

Friends Forever

|

Naomi Vliet

You Can Reach the Horizon

|

Lucy Lu

The First Morning of Winter

|

By Cammie Keel

A Fortunate Soul

|

Isabel Folger

Okay for Now

|

By Gary D. Schmidt, Reviewed by Ryan Traynor

The Power of the Swan

|

Alexandra Langley

Missoula of the Mountains

|

Lily Strauss

Shriveled Roses

|

By Ethan Vranic

Not Quite as Easy as Pie

|

Miriam Henerson

Tuesdays at the Castle

|

By Jessica Day George, Reviewed by Rachel Halpern

My Kitty Mango

|

Isabella Widrow

The Chances We Take

|

By Nastassja Carusetta

Breeze

|

Sarina Rani Deb

Lillian

|

Alyssa Ingle

Dreamer of Dreams

|

By Danielle Eagle

The Ghost Children

|

Krystle DiCristofalo

Camp Conflict

|

David Agosto-Ginsburg

My Life with the Lincolns

|

By Gayle Brandeis, Reviewed by Ana Sofía Uzsoy

My Dog

|

By Abby Shaffer

Gold and Silver Stars

|

Alice Ford

My Chicken

|

By Abigail D’Agosta

Remembering

|

Brooke Fallows

Otherworld Chronicles: The Invisible Tower

|

By Nils Johnson-Shelton, Reviewed by Nick Ehrhardt

Katie’s League

|

Emily Worrell

The Scarlet King

|

Shyla DeLand

I See Only Beauty

|

By Jeremy Long

Finding Keeper

|

Annnabel Chosy

An Indescribable Feeling

|

Ben Hayes

The Trains That Went By 31 Years Ago

|

By Stella White

Moonlight Waltz

|

Ella Staats

Temple Grandin

|

By Sy Montgomery, Reviewed by Richard Ma

Furious Fire

|

Sadie Robb

Sleep

|

By Sarah Welch

Magical Words

|

Elise Arancio

Wolf in the Woods

|

Kira Householder

Inside Out and Back Again

|

By Thanhha Lai, Reviewed by Annie Sheehan-Dean

In My Own Backyard

|

Melissa Birchfield

My Father’s Doves

|

Jenny Li

Memories and Beginnings

|

Melissa Birchfield

Running

|

By Astrid May Steiner-Manning

Jump

|

Melissa Louie

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

|

By Trenton Lee Stewart, Reviewed by Marina Dauer

The Right Wing

|

Anika Joshi

Dream of Dancing

|

Greta Kvittem

Frights

|

By Sam Laskin

Whisper of Night

|

Jenna Fields

The Ocean Child

|

Danielle Eagle