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“We’re Not Alike” by Tate McRae, Reviewed by Priscilla Chow, 10

"We’re Not Alike" is a song I first heard at a mall. I like it because of Tate’s angelic voice ...

Xin Chao, Here is a Glimpse of Vietnam

I am Elaine Elizabeth Jinto, and I am 13 years old. I am from India, and I love to travel ...

Kreating Kombat: How One Video Game Caused National Controversy and Propelled Sega to the Top by Schamil Saeed, 11

The fighting game. That manly-man, beat ‘em up brawler that dominated arcades. Famous names that come to mind might include ...

Poetry Soup – Ep. 18: “A Music Sentence” by Mahmoud Darwish

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’m excited to talk about “A ...

The Pipe Tree, Reviewed by Jeremy Lim, 11

When Ecláir the sparrow is forcefully shoved into a life in a cage, it is like a storm has come ...

Rescue, Reviewed by Emily Ke, 12

You’re running in a dark forest, the full moon’s light illuminating spots of the ground through the trees. Fallen leaves ...

Spaced Out, Reviewed by Arjun Nair, 11

“There’s nowhere to hide on the world’s first moon base. After all, it’s only the size of a soccer field.” ...

Fever 1973, Reviewed by Zoe Li, 12

Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical novel Fever 1793 takes place in Philadelphia during the Yellow Fever epidemic. Nearly 5,000 people died ...

The Fort, Reviewed by Sydney Kesselheim, 11

The Fort, by Gordon Korman, is a novel about four 6th grade boys who all share a clubhouse in the ...

Space Case, Reviewed by Arjun Nair, 11

Dashiell Gibson is the luckiest 12-year-old on Earth, although he sees it through a different lens. The truth is, no ...

Island of Thieves, Reviewed by Jeremy Lim, 10

I plucked Island of Thieves off the shelf absentmindedly when I visited the library on a borrowing-spree, and admittedly, I ...

Furyborn, Reviewed by Jeremy Lim, 10

“The world will fall. Two queens will rise.” These are the chilling words written on the cover of Furyborn. The ...