responsibility
— A brief poem urging readers to look up and recognize how the world needs their help, emphasizing awareness and responsibility.
— A brainy fifteen-year-old plans her escape from a witch-ruled kingdom after being offered an apprenticeship she can't accept, discovering she has magic when crossing the border.
— A soldier on a battlefield, carrying photos from fallen comrades, hesitates to shoot an enemy and is killed, choosing to let another's future persist over his own.
— A nature walk reveals both beauty—maple trees, flowers, sunlight—and pollution—aluminum cans, plastic bags—prompting the question: are we caring enough for Earth?
— A boy experiences sudden, severe stomach pain that turns out to be appendicitis, leading to an experimental treatment at NYU Langone Hospital instead of surgery.
— A granddaughter interviews her grandfather about his 44-year career at a college, discovering how he embodied the parable of the third stonemason who built cathedrals.
— A four-year-old puts a bean in her ear during preschool nap time, keeps it secret for days, and finally gets it removed at a foreign object removal clinic.
— A wizard who weaves people's fates with glimmering strings realizes the cruelty of his mischief when he sees a boy he cursed years later caring for a sick parent.
— A child vows to keep a secret forever, measuring that promise against apocalyptic visions of environmental destruction and the end of the world.
— A boy rescues two abandoned baby hummingbirds from a tennis court and raises them by hand, learning to feed and care for them until they're ready to return to the...