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Writing Workshop #49: Thoughtful Word Choice

Post Published October 13, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our forty-ninth Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday October 9, plus some of the output published below For this writing workshop, William presented one of his ...
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The Giver, Reviewed by Vivaan, 12

Post Published October 11, 2021 by Vivaan Kartik

Intelligence, integrity, courage and wisdom. These are the four qualities a Receiver of Memory must have, and one more, which can only be named, but not described: the capacity to see beyond.
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The Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy, Reviewed by Jackson, 12

Post Published October 8, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

When people think of fairy tales, they often think of traditional stories like Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Shrek. While these are all amazing fairy tales, the book Wings of Fire: The Drago...
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The People of Sparks, Reviewed by Orin, 11

Post Published October 4, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

Sometimes teachers are right. From the moment I set my eyes on the first word of The City of Ember, I was intrigued. Yes. Leads are indeed effective. As I read through the rich storytelling and the wr...
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Relocating, by Diya, 12

Post Published September 29, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

Hello, it’s Diya again! Today, I wanted to keep this write-up short and simple. I recently moved to the Bay Area in California, as one of my parents moved jobs.
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Book Club Report: Beyond the Bright Sea, Loren Wolk

Post Published September 28, 2021 by Laura Moran

An update from our thirtieth Book Club meeting! On September 25, the Stone Soup Book Club discussed Beyond the Bright Sea, by Loren Wolk. Beyond the Bright Sea tells the story of twelve-year-old Crow...
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Writing Workshop #47: Character Descriptions

Post Published September 24, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our forty-seventh Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday September 18, plus some of the output published below At this writing workshop, we looked at some classic...
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Reviewed by Daniel, 10

Post Age 12 Published September 21, 2021 by Daniel Zhu

In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson tells the story of a man with a split personality. Wanting to split the bad part of himself from the good, Jekyll develops a poti...
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Writing Workshop #46: Monologues

Post Published September 18, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

An update from our forty-sixth Writing Workshop A summary of the workshop held on Saturday September 11, plus some of the output published below For the first writing workshop of the Fall term, Will...
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The Other Realm by Tristan Hui

Post Published September 17, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

Welcome to the Book Page for The Other Realm, a fantasy novel by Tristan Hui, age 14, winner of the 2020 Stone Soup Annual Book Contest, published on September 1, 2021 by Children's Art Foundation–S...
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