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Why I Chose to Participate in a COVID Vaccine Trial for Teens

I was scared and confused: school was cancelled because of a virus and it felt like all my hard work ...

Ramses the Great

Ramses II is considered to be one of the greatest Egyptian pharaohs of all time, earning him the moniker Ramses ...

Life Now, digital artwork by Mihika, 12

Artist's Note: This digital art is a human-shaped fishbowl. Fishbowls are like a cage because the fish can't go anywhere, ...

Spartan Education

Sparta's ruthless education may have been controversial, but it made them into one of the most battle-hardened city-states to ever ...

The Beatles: Talent and Courage

The Beatles showed mental, intellectual, and social courage as they created a new genre of music, brought it to places ...
Sunset Silhouettes

My Covid Birthday

“Prisha! Pack your bag! We are going to the beach for your birthday!” My mom declares.  It was true, my ...

Picture Us in the Light, Reviewed by Julianna Reidell, 15

A Picture of Perfection Oftentimes, while reaching for the future, we are held captive by the experiences and memories of ...

Full Cicada Moon, Reviewed by Shelley Tang, 11

Mimi Yoshiko Oliver is not your typical protagonist. She is a half-black, half-Japanese girl who is unusually independent. She is ...

Kid Beowulf: The Blood-Bound Oath, Reviewed by Anna Rowell, 13

Kid Beowulf is an action-adventure graphic novel with lots of twists and turns. It has witty humor, and an artistic ...

Save Me a Seat, Reviewed by Nandini Krishnan, 13, and Sarina Patel Banker, 10

Note: We coincidentally received two reviews for the same book, Save Me a Seat, by Gita Varadarajan and Sarah Weeks, ...

Ashes, Reviewed by Zoe Lynch, 11

Ashes, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is the third and final book in Anderson’s Seeds of America trilogy. It tells the ...

Oliver Twist, Reviewed by Vivaan Kartik, 8

Oliver Twist is a literary classic written by Charles Dickens, an English author in the 19th century. I have read ...