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All the Light We Cannot See, Reviewed by Kimberly Wang, 13

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a historical fiction novel centered around two teenagers during World ...

Akata Witch, Reviewed by Philip Chen, 13

In Nnedi Okorafor’s captivating fantasy novel Akata Witch, first published in 2011, knowledge takes center stage. Sunny Nwazue, the main ...
Robomind

ROBOMIND Ep. 5: A Whole New World

Episode #5: A Whole New World Transcript: Hello, my name is Misha Ahmed, and I am your host of this ...

15 Years Later, The Risks of Training Orcas Remain

In 2010, there was a tragic accident at the SeaWorld in Orlando. For many years, aquariums have kept killer whales, ...

Visiting Malaysia with Elaine Elizabeth Jinto

Hello everyone! Welcome back to Scribbler's Blogs. Last time I told you all about De Nang, Vietnam. Today, I am ...

Hidden Figures, Reviewed by Sydney Kesselheim, 12

Hidden in Plain Sight: Women of NASA in 1960’s This month, in my feminism alliance club at school, we watched ...

Invisible Emmie, Reviewed by Maahika Challagulla, 12

The dictionary definition of invisible is “unable to be seen; not visible to the eye”. The middle school definition of ...

Scar Island, Reviewed by Arjun Nair, 12

It is said that guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death, but Jonathan Grisby feels he deserves far ...

Scythe, Reviewed by Emily Ke, 12

I know. To think about the end of life, death, is a topic that everyone is scared to talk about ...

My Soup Is Getting Cold and Other Funny Stories about the Stealing of the Mona Lisa

On August 21st, 1911, a person named Vincenzo Peruggia committed one of the most famous art heists in history. He ...

We will fly higher, Reviewed by Caroline Gao, 12

"Once upon a time, from a wounded land/ My family was pushed to leave our homeland," writes Parwana Amiri in ...

The Story That Cannot Be Told, Reviewed by Roxy Messier, 12

A few days ago, something happened. If it had not happened, it wouldn’t have been told. What happened was this: ...