Courage
— Akeelah, Akeelah Akeelah, Akeelah I wake up to Akeelah every morning. Akeelah, Akeelah Puts me to sleep at night. Akeelah, Akeelah I listen to it all day. I can’t stop...
— Uncontrollable By Peri Gordon, 11 It would only spread. It was huge. It was larger than any other that I’d seen, even on television. It was picking up...
— The rain was pouring. I had no protection. I had maximum adrenaline. I had to run, but I had nowhere to go soon. The coast was nearing, and that meant...
— Eyes by Peri Gordon, 11 I lay in my bed late one night, eyes shut tight, trying to fall asleep and failing. I was unusually tense. I breathed in and...
— Defeating Covid-19 Together Emily Gu, 9 Purell had always wanted to get this much attention. Before he became the most popular kid in school, he was an...
— The bed was strewn with the woolen fibers of the thin shredded blanket, the only thing she had left before the dark night that had appeared beyond her front door....
— Write a story about yourself, or someone you know, as a superhero
— In the alternate world, there's a voice. I can hear it. It's always been there, like it was on the other side of the wall – even when I was...
— Light at the End of the Tunnel Chloe Chan, 12 Watching the paint dry on a wall is really boring. But this is how I feel during quarantine at home...
— Haunted Help By Peri Gordon, 10 I stand outside the house the way I do every day when I take a walk. I think it’s just cruel that people like...