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Mathew Thompson
Published May 1, 1994
By Mathew Thompson, age 11, Dallas, Oregon IT WAS MOTHER'S DAY, 1993. My friend Adam had come over to spend the night on Saturday. We watched old movies until about eleven p.m. and then camped out...
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Naomi Wendland
Published May 1, 1994
By Naomi Wendland, 12, Lusaka, Zambia Illustrated by Lilly Bee Pierce, 13, Fallbrook, California It was a cool, dusky morning in a village by a river bank. A mother and her daughter sat and watched the sky above...
By Ari Rubin, Illustrated by Kristin Trayer, 11
Published May 1, 1993
I used to cringe each time our doorbell rang. Nine times out of ten the person on the other side of the door was Lindy, the girl from a few houses down the street. "Can...
By Lena Boesser-Koschmann, 11. Illustrated by Jathan Brubaker, 13
Published November 1, 1992
By Lena Boesser-Koschmann, age 11 Illustrated by Jathan Brubaker, 13 The morning was cool. It wasn't cold, but not warm enough to go without a jacket. Sandy and I were walking toward the field where...
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Joanna Calogero, 13
Published September 1, 1992
Doll Shop Magic By Joanna Calogero, 13 Illustrated by Lee Bee Pierce, 12 The mail I got was usually no more than a few coupon booklets, but today there was a business-like white envelope mixed...
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Joanna Calogero, 12
Published September 1, 1991
The Ice Cream Man By Joanna Calogero, 12 Illustrated by Hilary Carere, 10 The familiar song of "The Entertainer" is heard coming down the street. But it's not the song that makes you run to...
By Diane Duboise, 11. Illustrated by Arthur Manuelito, 12
Published March 1, 1989
One warm sunny afternoon in November I was sitting at my desk reading a library book about gorillas. I was looking at the gorillas when Kathleen, my cousin-sister, said, "Diane, why are you looking at...
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Corina Castillo, age 12
Published May 1, 1987
One wonderful Saturday afternoon I was sitting on the bench daydreaming. It was peaceful and quiet, when suddenly the quietness was broken by a truck coming toward my grandma's house. It was my mom coming....
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Yuthilcar Sokban
Age 12
Published November 1, 1985
I was born on October 31, 1972 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I was very young when my country was in trouble in 1975. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge (the Communist leaders) came into town. They...
By Ted Nelson
Published September 1, 1985
By Ted Nelson, 11, Weybridge School, Weybridge, Vermont The tent flew up in a flurry of movement. I hurled my sleeping bag and cooler to the ground and watched the rain making patterns on the...
