The Service Project

By Niya Wodi, Illustrated by Ravela Smyth

Published August 1, 2016

Madeline anxiously gathered her books and half-jogged towards the classroom door, praying that her Civics teacher, Miss Jones, wouldn’t notice...
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Friends

by Jem Burch

Published April 22, 2016

Our new house is small and nondescript. It has two bedrooms and one bathroom, and a tiny backyard with sparse...
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Z

by Ayla Schultz

Published April 22, 2016

The sun gently warmed the earth. The squirrels were hopeful waking up. Peeking out, softly, just enough to see snow,...
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The Girl Next Door

by Evelyn Chen

Published February 23, 2016

There are friends, and then there are arranged friends who you are friends with because of your parents, simple as...
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Truth-Telling

by Katie Sinclair

Published February 15, 2016

We were lying in a circle, curled up on a den of sleeping bags, pillows and blankets. Popcorn and candy...
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Paintings

by Michelle Grifka

Published February 13, 2016

Lara flung the covers away with an arm and nearly fell out of bed in her rush to get to...
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Sour Memories

by Michael Madans

Published February 11, 2016

Today I go into candy shops and see little bottles of liquid Warhead sour substances and Warhead sour spray. But...
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Kanei’s Treasure

by Eri Mizobe

Published February 10, 2016

  Her name is Kanei Miyamoto. Her father is Japanese, while her mother is Cantonese. She kissed her mother and...
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A Hidden Reflection

by Emina S. Sonnad

Published February 10, 2016

In the meadow everything was silent and untouched. Maria looked over the vast field and the woods beyond and everything...
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Friends Forever?

by Michael Scognamiglio

Published February 8, 2016

  “Wheeee!" We must have been going fifty, maybe sixty miles per hour in his new Whaler speedboat, and I...
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