Bats and Pearls

by Cara Kornhaus

Published January 28, 2016

Raindrops fell from the dark velvety sky, dropping delicately onto the world below. A few clouds drifted through in the...
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Mirror, Mirror

by Sabrina Wong

Published January 28, 2016

Ellie leaped from the incubator warmness of her covers to get ready for the day that lay ahead. The sun...
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The Storm

By Lincoln Hartnett

Published January 28, 2016

Brilliant splashes of yellow light Spewing all corners of the earth With a radiant glow of scarlet Then darkness A...
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The Boarder’s Battle

by Connor Nackley

Published January 28, 2016

  As the boy dropped down from the icy ski lift and slid down the slope, you could already see...
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The Joys of Love

By Madeleine L’Engle, Reviewed by Zoe Sims

Published January 28, 2016

The Joys of Love, by Madeleine L’Engle; Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, 2008; $16.95 When twenty-year-old Elizabeth is offered...
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Where My Family Is

by Jessye Holmgren-Sidell

Published January 28, 2016

I sat alone in the dark, feeling the boat rock from side to side. The hollow sounds the boat made...
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The Forgotten Fort

by Andrew Lee

Published January 28, 2016

“But you’ll be home to visit?” Ken looked hopefully at his brother, Tim. Tim hugged Ken thoughtfully. “’Course I will,”...
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Hanging the Laundry

By Isabel Sutter

Published January 28, 2016

Sunlight Dapples the long white laundry line. Holding the plastic basket On my sore hip I lift a battered, hand-knitted...
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The Delivery Boy

by Richard Wang

Published January 28, 2016

A furious gust of wind howled down the moonlit lane, sending a cascade of freshly fallen snowflakes tumbling from the...
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Hiroshima Dreams

By Kelly Easton, Reviewed by Alexandra Skinner

Published January 28, 2016

Hiroshima Dreams, by Kelly Easton; Dutton Children’s Books: New York, 2007; $16.99 “I have the gift of vision. It was...
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