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Aoife O’Connell, Art by Hannah Parker
Published December 1, 2019
One cold, hopeless night in Paris, a homeless orphan girl meets a mysterious woman The only noise that night in Paris was the soft tapping of my flats against the cobblestones. It got louder at...
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Seoyon Kim
Age 12
Published December 1, 2019
A journalist travels to a refugee camp to report on the Syrian Civil War I twist the fake wedding ring on my finger nervously. It’s a cheap copper ring that I superglued a rhinestone to....
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Phoebe Donovan, Art by Hannah Parker
Published December 1, 2019
A strange man appears in Robin’s house one day and attempts to enlist him in the battle to save the Infinity Realm Robin stared at the orange plaid subway seat across from him, thinking about...
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Sascha Farmer, Art by Oishee Sinharay
Published October 12, 2019
After moving from a small town in Canada to a big U.S. city, Gale struggles to adapt Gale was a late sleeper. She had always been. It was just her way of responding to the...
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Sean O’Connor, Art by Marco Lu
Published October 12, 2019
as dictated to a parent A generous, imaginative turtle dreams of building a house for her friends Seanella was an unusual turtle. She could use her shell as a boat. As she flowed down the...
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Alexa Rivera Rockwood, Art by Nicholas Taplitz
Published October 12, 2019
A monarch butterfly encounters many obstacles—pollution, cars, and predatory birds—on her migration route Silver buildings gleamed in the distance. They rose high into the sky, blocking the view of it. Shorter buildings puffed out too...
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Ella Martinez Nocito, Art by Alicia Xin
Published October 12, 2019
A girl needs the courage to face a new home and a new school all the way across the country I only felt like myself when I was listening to stories. It was no surprise,...
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Oliver Giller
Published October 10, 2019
Oliver employs a detective to find his missing hair Once, when I was counting the hairs on my head, I noticed that one hair was missing. You see, usually, I had 2,476 hairs on my...
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Vandana Ravi
Published October 10, 2019
A simple bike ride to school occasions a complex meditation on life 7:35 a.m. My mind is still heavy with sleep, barely woken up by my hurried breakfast. It only allows one thought in at...
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Emma McKinny, Art by Alexa Zhang
Published September 5, 2019
Anticipation builds as Emma awaits her father’s opening-night performance in a new opera A sweet summer wind tore through the desert, flinging dust and small rocks into the night air. Flying over fields of cacti,...
