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The Stone Soup Blog

The blog is written by the young writers and artists of Stone Soup. If you are aged 13 or younger and have something to say on any topic—nature, science, cookery, sport, sewing, crafts, music, photography, travel—we would love to hear your voice. We are also always happy to hear from book reviewers. Please go to our Submittable site for more details on how to become a young blogger. We accept individual posts and are also always looking for writers to contribute on a regular basis—once a week or once a month.

The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy, Reviewed by Pragnya, 13

One of the hardest things to do is to unlearn. To completely reset everything you’ve ever learnt and to replace ...

Curse of the Night Witch, Reviewed by April, 13

With over 12.6 billion views online, #BookTok has taken the world by storm—an ever-growing community of readers that shares reviews, ...

City of Spies, Reviewed by Savarna, 13

‘“This operation is hot. We are a go.”’ Imagine a group of kids. Imagine they are spies. Imagine that the ...
Cry of the Phoenix riding on the back of a phoenix

Awareness, Reflection… Awareflectness!

Awareness, Reflection... Awareflectness! Madeleine Schor, 13 I have a particularly vivid memory from last autumn. While tidying up my room, ...
Saguaros at Sunset

Coronavirus, a poem by Chloe, 9

Tick-tock, tick-tock, the time seems to move like a snail as I wait for the world to move like a ...

We’re the Resilient Generation, Not the COVID Generation

We're the Resilient Generation, Not the COVID Generation Olivia Shekou, 12 What is resilience? "Resilience" is used in physics to ...

Book Reviews

Moon over Manifest, Reviewed by Daniel Zhu, 10

Although we prefer to get to know people face-to-face, it is possible for someone you have only heard stories of ...

Leviathan, Reviewed by Marco, 13

Blue whales are big animals. The biggest animals. The largest ever recorded blue whale was 98.1 feet long. The Leviathan ...

Other Words for Home, Reviewed by Sascha, 14

The novel Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga documents the life of Jude, a Syrian refugee that moves to ...

Counting by 7s, Reviewed by Daniel, 10

Although grief itself is not hard to understand, the effects of this powerful feeling are often unpredictable. In the book ...

Inkheart, Reviewed by Abhi, 11

To be honest, when I first saw this book, my heart stopped. At the time, I didn’t really have a ...

Girls Who Code: Spotlight on Coding Club, Reviewed by Lucinda, 13

To be completely honest, when I first picked up this book, I thought it was childish. The cover of the ...

COVID-19 Blog

Birthdays in Quarantine, some thoughts from Anya Geist, 13

Last Tuesday, on April 21, Massachusetts Gov. Baker announced that all schools in Massachusetts would be closed for the rest ...

My Dream Goes On, a poem by Ethan Zhang, 7

My Dream Goes On By Ethan Zhang, 7 Before my basketball dream comes true, The coronavirus began to sweep through ...

The Monster, a short story by Haopu (Max) Xu, 10

The Monster By Haopu (Max) Xu, 10 The monster’s name is Ackalasaf. You could find him in the depths of ...

Book Club Report: The Inquisitor’s Tale, by Adam Gidwitz

An Update from our fourth Stone Soup Book Club meeting! The Stone Soup book club is open to all Stone Soup ...

My Life in Corona Social Imposed Distancing: A Poem Memoir by Leah Mesuk, 12

My Life in Corona Social Imposed Distancing A Poem Memoir By Leah Mesuk, 12 Every day is a struggle to ...

Quarantine, a poem by Daisy Hampton, 11

Quarantine By Daisy Hampton, 11 I’m stuck on Manhattan Island Because I’m in quarantine I can’t wait to see all ...