SWEETIE The small girl sat in the dreary light, counting raindrops on the window. On the other side of the window was freedom, the freedom that she didn’t deserve, or so she was told.
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Something Mist, white mist swirls and dances around my head. Nothing, nothing nothing. Then something. Clear and true. How wonderful something is after a lifetime of nothing.
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JUST TWENTY DOLLARS Mia’s perspective: “Please,” Lou begs, “please please please pleeeeeeeeeeease! It’s only twenty dollars!” Very soon, my mom relents and hands her twenty dollars.
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“Who I Really Am” by Rachael, 10 My mothers walk out the door. Their footsteps make hollow echoing sounds against the driveway. The car door slams shut hard.
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Ginger and the Beast by Rachael Lippe Ginger sat on her toadstool and thumped her heels against the stem. Thump, thump, thump, thump, and then some more thumping.
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No Way to Escape It’s just me. The only one left. Global warming is unforgiving. Bones and skulls litter the ground. Every time one crunches under my foot, I wince, like the angry soul will come get...
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Akeelah, Akeelah Akeelah, Akeelah I wake up to Akeelah every morning. Akeelah, Akeelah Puts me to sleep at night. Akeelah, Akeelah I listen to it all day. I can’t stop hearing it.
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Akeelah, Akeelah Akeelah, Akeelah I wake up to Akeelah every morning. Akeelah, Akeelah Puts me to sleep at night. Akeelah, Akeelah I listen to it all day. I can’t stop hearing it.
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