Feelings Towards a Bear

By Max Strebel, Illustrated by the author

Published December 20, 2016

I was playing with them, actually playing with them. They were just like Dad's rug, but my size, and alive!...
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This Is the Life

by Rebekah Carbajal, Illustrated by Joe Lobosco

Published December 20, 2016

"Brandon! Brandon, can you weed the flower bed in the front yard?" Mom called from the kitchen. I let out...
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Lost Friendship

By Zhang He, Illustrated by Isabel Kimmelfield

Published December 20, 2016

Whenever I see Joanne, I always notice the red scar on her beautiful long legs. Although it was just a...
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Kisses from Cécile

By Marie Agnello

Published December 20, 2016

Do you think that it's possible to love someone you have never met? Is it possible to love someone who...
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Grandfather

By Alexa Bryn

Published December 20, 2016

Behind your vacant stare, Memories lie hidden, Faltering and fleeting The distant remembered, The present, unrecallable. Never afraid before Shadows...
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Saving Frizbee

By Lyra Mulhern, Illustrated by Stephanie Andriulli

Published December 20, 2016

Daddy had said today would be our special day together. We would have gone to the movies and had pizza,...
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Little Mango Tree

By Hilary Miller, Illustrated by Valerie Thompson

Published December 16, 2016

Jiraporn looked up. Mother was approaching, shaking her head. "Bad news, Little Mango Tree. I talked to Bouchar. He says...
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Patches of Sky Blue

By Lucy Lumsdaine, Illustrated by the author

Published December 16, 2016

When my mother died the summer I graduated seventh grade, the first thing I did after silently returning home from...
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One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss

By Barry Denenberg, Reviewed by Cassy Charyn

Published December 16, 2016

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss by Barry Denenberg; Scholastic, Inc.: New York, 2000; $12.95...
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