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SARAH THOMAS
1 Foreword
an unfamiliar feeling of love 5 My Courage Starts With Me . . . ALESHA BRACKIN 7 A Different World ANIALA MEJIA 8 This World Isn’t Right RHIANNA RIVERS 9 The Obsidians ZION LOYD 14 LOOP ERICK BARBOSA 16 Summer Short Story SOBEIDA POZO 18 (My) Inner Monologue NATALIE KHEMLAL 21 My Lifestyle Transition SELENA SCARBOROUGH 26 Rose Colored Glasses AMANDA ZAPATA 29 Untitled ANIYA BRIGHT Table of Contents
34 Papa’s Fishing Pole VIVIAN WILLIAMS 35 Happiness <3 RICHARD LLOYD 36 Teenhood CARRIE MOULTRIE 37 The Annoyance of the Sacred Space SERENITY BROWNE 39 Untitled SAMANTHA GARCIA 41 Untitled SAMAYA LUCAS 42 What You Always Expect Is . . . MADISON COHEN 43 Yin and Yang JORDAN MAYERS 58 What Makes the World Go Round MEKHI VAZQUEZ 60 Beautification in the City of New York HUDSON BERRY 63 The Magical Gummy Bear!? SOFIA MERINO like a tsunami of cheesy goodness 67 Pomegranate Feels Left Out . . . JULIUS RINZEL
69 The Over-The-Top NYC Chop Cheese
JEROME FOSTER
71 The Exquisite Legend of Chop Cheese
AARON LEWIS
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The Squishy Meat to Make Taste Buds Jump!
KEVIN LINDO
75 Grandmother’s Oxtail
ALEXIA MOHABEER
77 Bake of Paradise
EVAN ROBERT SCOTT
79 The Meal That Makes the Afternoon
CHLOE JONES
81 Burgers Are Pretty Tasty
MAX EPSTEIN
84 Pasta Is Out of This World!
PETER LIN
JAMES LEE
ALEYAH
NEMEROFF
90 The Glowing Fry and Alex’s Feast
THE EXTREME FOURTH GRADE CLASS ILLUSTRATED BY TATIANA FELDER
93 The Nuggets Big Fight
THE NUGGETS OF 3 4 ILLUSTRATED BY TATIANA FELDER
86 Bacon
88 Fruitcake
ELDER 89 Nutella JUSTIN
don't like time
Pains
ZOE HERNANDEZ
FAREEDA
LEO
DANIEL
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98 Growing
99 How Much of Its Life Does a Butterfly Remember? GENESIS MEJIA 100 Apprehension AJA KING 102 The Overflowing Sea of Unheard Dreams
ABDUL- SAMED 104 Echo Lake
ROSS 105 Poem of Life
SALINAS 106 Vast Experiences AMAURY FERNANDEZ 107 Deja Vu ELIJAH BERGEN 108 What Society Expects of You? MOHAMED KEBE 110 Then Again CHRISTIAN VELAZQUEZ 112 Manchild KRISTOFFER WAITE 114 Self Portrait ENOH ISIORHO
115 Unable
JUSTIN CHEN
117 Lost in Time
GIDEON GLICK
119 Dreams
RASAUN HILL
120 Sleep
WAYNE HAYES
121 The Bed Evolution
KALISSA HANSHAW
122 Wake Up
BRANDON GONZALEZ
124 Walk in My Shoes
DANTEES MARTINEZ
125 To Walk in My Shoes
DANYELIN SANCHÉZ
127 Morning Boches
JOSE HERNANDEZ
129 Frames
ANJALI MISIR
131 A Day In The Life of Emma Waterlane
TIRZAH ARCADE
Like a scar that will not fade
136 When a Normal Life Turns into an Interesting One
LONNIE IRVING JR.
149 America, must we always speak ROBERTO CINTRON III 151 Unequal Lives ENRIQUE DE LEON 153 Who Am I? ALEX 154 The Great Assimilation KAYLA WAYNE 156 Difference JENNAE NOEL LEWIS 157 Untitled EMMANUEL HARPER 159 A Long Departed Jade CALEB YAMAMURA 161 Raised by My People AALIYAH TORRES 163 A Rosy, Noble World DARLENE PENA PUENTE & FRANLIN PEREZ 164 Spanish Harlem ELIANA RIVERA 166 To Change My World JAYDEN LIZARDO 168 Women’s Rights Today ESTHER MOTIA 170 If I Made a World POPPY SACHEN
172 The V’s and the Extreme Bully
THIRD GRADERS FROM WATERSIDE CHILDREN’S STUDIO SCHOOL ILLUSTRATED BY TATIANA FELDER
175 Connect the Planets: Warriors of the Planet
CAMBA GROUP F ILLUSTRATED BY CAROL GOLDBERG
NOAH
A skeleton
171 If I Was In-Charge RAECHEL LU
177 Hope
XIA
in a treasure chest 181 Creation DYMEL LISMAN 183 The Tower of Marv DUNGEONS & DRAGONS & WRITERS STUDENTS 191 Devious Licks JASON RIVERS 195 Teleport Man AYDEN PEÑA 196 Self CLUNY SMITH 201 Pennywise is Back ESTRELLA ROSAS 202 The Weirdest Car RICARDO FERNÁNDEZ 204 Welcome to Chaos Day! RUBY CHAN
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Recipe for a Time-Stopping Watch
AUSTIN LIN
206 Echenonia
RAFAEL COX
207 The Doll
HAILIE LOPEZ VICTOR
210 Restart
LUIS ESTEVEZ PICAZO
211 Dragon Marshmallow
FERNANDO ROMERO
212 Cinderella in the Grand-mother’s Point of View
ANTONELLA GROSS
213 Koala and the Mystery
THE 2 ND GRADE MARSHMALLOWS ILLUSTRATED BY CAROL GOLDBERG
216 Tori and the Magical Painting Disaster
4 B ALL STARS
ILLUSTRATED BY CAROL GOLDBERG
220 Maria and the Discovery of her Strange Mom
FOURTH GRADERS FROM HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMIES WEST UPPER ELEMENTARY ILLUSTRATED BY TATIANA FELDER
223 The Art of Destruction
FIFTH GRADERS AT P.S. 264 ILLUSTRATED BY TATIANA FELDER
227 DaMarcus’ Adventure
4-407 THE LLAMAS
ILLUSTRATED BY CAROL GOLDBERG
FIFTH GRADERS AT P.S. 264 ILLUSTRATED BY CAROL GOLDBERG
233 Evil Plan
REBECCA CAVALLARO
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SpongeBob & Casper in Coney Island
ERIKA MUÑOZ, ANTHONY MUÑOZ, EDWIN SALAZAR SANCHEZ, AND OLIVER SANTOS
239 Horror is a poem
AYANA ALAMGIR
241 The Werewolf’s Birthday
EUGENIA ROSAS, JOSEPH ROSS JONES, AND AYANA ALAMGIR
246 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
248 ABOUT 826NYC
230 TechnoLife
Foreword
Sarah Thomas
I had a hard time in school. I imagined myself somewhere different every single day—till I’d come home to my mother’s kitchen, which
comfort alleviating the anxieties of the day. “This,” I’d think to myself, “is a place where I matter.”
Dreams read Enoh Isiorho’s , in which she asserts herself and
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, I was immediately Overor not, they assert the
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an unfamiliar feeling of love
My Courage Starts with Me Letting Myself Be Seen and Know Me for Who I Really Am.
AFTER NELSON MANDELA Alesha Brackin
7 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS it.
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A Different World Aniala Mejia
8 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
don’t know myself I’m stage. I different girl in a different world.
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This World Isn’t Right
AFTER MALALA YOUSAFZAI Rhianna Rivers
8 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
I know what we can do and learn. We we Cannot worked ‘til they were gone. Of years ago. This is
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The Obsidians
Zion Loyd
TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT UNCOMMON CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
6/06/2021
This day always comes and I always hate it. Walking into those says.
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I walk into the elevator and watch as the cold metal doors arsonists, serial killers, and terrorists.
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Take the stairs
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The woman looks at me, and I already know her second mind, I hear a familiar voice scream my name from down the hall. this sensation is coming from my family.
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I walk down the eerie hall slowly, not knowing what to
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LOOP
Erick Barbosa
TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE & ENGINEERING
When I dream I ask myself
Who I am
Who I was
Why I’m here right now Iced Tea
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Summer Short Story
Sobeida Pozo
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY
Then she saw something in the distance, or rather, someone. It
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(My) Inner Monologue
Natalie Khemlal
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
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Call from: Clyde <3
" long time ago.
. . .
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alongside them.
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My Lifestyle Transition Selena Scarborough
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
all my clothes. door and got inside the shower. When I was in the shower, I felt shoes.
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“C'mon, let’s start heading downstairs. I have everything
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an echo following.
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love.
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Rose Colored Glasses
Amanda Zapata
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
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. I was
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Untitled
Aniya Bright
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
clothes on. walk to the creek.
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that she was going to see him the next day.
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knew what was coming. Then, they heard a voice.
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week after.
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Papa’s Fishing Pole
Vivian Williams
2 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
Oh, what a sad day
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Hope
Richard Lloyd
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
Happiness <3
Richard Lloyd
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
control of my money, my clothes, my own
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Teenhood
Carrie Moultrie 9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
, and all the elders and children dancing bachata. I wake saying, .
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The Annoyance of the Sacred Space
Serenity Browne
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
This is an ode to the crack of the door
BOOM HA HA HA
The way I enter is no mistake I’m here to stay like I signed a lease
I look to my left and I see his sneaker shelf
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Untitled
Samantha Garcia
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL things was normal.
loved my childhood. This is an ode to my grandfather, the man who was a to cherish every moment I have with family and friends.
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Untitled
Samaya Lucas
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
my mind is at ease. I don't want this feeling to
There's something on there. It’s yellow very mellow and
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What You Always Expect Is What You Take for Granted
Madison Cohen
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
or a very cool car with no tires, constantly feeling like something is missing and constantly wanting more.
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Yin and Yang Jordan Mayers
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WRITTEN IN TEEN WRITERS' COLLECTIVE
along the way, I fell in love with how the highlighter added a glow to
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middle school. I was thirteen years old in eighth grade. It was a was in school.
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never forget the look on her face when I walked into the living room. months.
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worldview shattered. The months after this shocking revelation were
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her face.
on the verge of tears.
landed on Brave. We ate and watched the movie silently.
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dead.
stairs at the end of the hallway. The toiletries are on the shelf and
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looking at myself at this moment. I silently wondered if it was going me hostage. I honestly can’t say I’m not along for the ride, even if I
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change. again.
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What Makes the World Go Round Mekhi Vazquez
AGE 8
WRITTEN IN TEEN WRITERS' COLLECTIVE
all over the world
no matter how dark menacing the sky may seem
O down voices higher
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their voice to say what they have to say E of others
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Beautification in the City of New York Hudson Berry
AGE 2
WRITTEN IN WRITE ALL ABOUT IT !
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a tree.
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About the author
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The Magical Gummy Bear!?
Sofia Merino
AGE 3
WRITTEN DURING WRITE AFTER SCHOOL
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like a tsunami of cheesy goodness
Pomegranate Feels Left Out from All the Other Fruits. You Must Take Action. Julius Rinzel
eat it.
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5 TH GRADE WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT P.S. 3 6
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The Over-The-Top NYC Chop Cheese
Jerome Foster
5 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT P.S. 3 6
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deli.
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The Exquisite Legend of Chop Cheese
Aaron Lewis
5 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT P.S. 3 6
was the greatest dish ever.
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The Squishy Meat to Make Taste Buds Jump!
Kevin Lindo
5 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT P.S. 3 6
winning the lottery of taste.
in the sky. That’s what the smoke from the meat looks like.
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Grandmother’s
A
Eruption
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Oxtail:
Flavor
of Spice and Textures Alexia Mohabeer 5 TH GRADE WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT P.S. 3 6
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Bake of Paradise
Evan Robert Scott
5 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT P.S. 3 6
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The Meal That Makes the Afternoon
Chloe Jones
5 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT P.S. 3 6
The sigh of relief after walking all that way for my food.
making my order.
that.
second home. It makes me feel relaxed after a day of school, and it
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Burgers Are Pretty Tasty
Max Epstein
5 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT P.S. 3 6
immigrants.
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sandwich, and when fair attendees asked what the food was called, steak in a sandwich and covered the steak with cheese.
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Pasta Is Out of This World!
Peter Lin
5 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT P.S. 3 6
meal.
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gets cold.
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Bacon James Lee
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT GOTHAM PROFESSIONAL ARTS ACADEMY
saved it.
saw this, we were shocked. It said the next road over, so we waited for nothing, and all my friends were so mad at me. I was very shy
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signs and tents this week and last.
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Fruitcake
Aleyah Elder
6
WRITTEN IN TEEN WRITERS' COLLECTIVE
thirty years later, we hear the clanks & clacks as she works.
We don’t always know what draws my family every
for all those years of love, I thank her for all those years
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Nutella Justin Nemeroff AGE
WRITTEN IN A WRITE AWAY WORKSHOP
and it was hella . . . good.
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The Glowing Fry and Alex’s Feast
The Extreme Fourth Grade Class
ILLUSTRATED BY Tatiana Felder
WRITTEN DURING WRITE TOGETHER
morning, and the energy in order to
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interested in this mystical glowing fry.
was in front of him. It was a glowing, neon green french fry.
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The Nuggets Big Fight
The Nuggets of 314
ILLUSTRATED BY Tatiana Felder
WRITTEN DURING WRITE TOGETHER
afternoon, and the had no idea where and said, “I’ve made a
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move.
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eyes.
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I don't like time
Growing Pains
Zoe Hernandez
TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT HIGH SCHOOL FOR FASHION INDUSTRIES
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How Much of Its Life Does a Butterfly Remember?
Genesis Mejia
TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT HIGH SCHOOL FOR FASHION INDUSTRIES
miss it, knowing it had more freedom, knowing there was a second
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Apprehension
Aja King
TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT HIGH SCHOOL FOR FASHION INDUSTRIES
Fear
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Throwing away the fear
If only for a moment in time
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The Overflowing Sea of Unheard Dreams
INSPIRED BY LOIS LOWRY Fareeda Abdul-Samed 8 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
the doom of my growing dreams always hide
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Different
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Echo Lake
Leo Ross
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY
with calmness
The rocking chairs on the deck early in the morning, mist drifting across the wood
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Poem of Life
Daniel Salinas
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY
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Vast Experiences
Amaury Fernandez
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY
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Deja Vu Elijah Bergen
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY
Going from mile high, To sea level low
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What Society Expects of You?
Mohamed Kebe
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY
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or that they don’t want to hear what I have to say. I tend to overthink
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Then Again
Christian Velazquez
TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT URBAN ASSEMBLY GATEWAY SCHOOL FOR TECHNOLOGY
I like to consider myself as different. comfortness of it.
Living in the city is not easy. sidewalks.
The nice views are only for the wealthy. We try to stay far away from them.
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a condo on the heavenly water
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Manchild
Kristoffer Waite TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE & ENGINEERING
I am a teenager who feels mentally sick.
I feel as if everyday is getting worse and worse, I am calm. within, my eyes have seen called friends. I feel as if I am still calm.
In my father’s eyes, he still views me
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arrival.
I feel like everyday is a new day. The world has changed and not in a good way. and I. say is, this was the worst way to I forgot, however, that this is all in my mind.
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Self Portrait
Enoh Isiorho 2 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
One time kids my forehead. to school the next day with like I don’t know
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Unable
Justin Chen
2 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT LAB SCHOOL FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES
these are my legacy.
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also on others.
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Lost in Time
Gideon Glick
2 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT LAB SCHOOL FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES
I have no idea how
When time had no meaning
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I don’t like time
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Dreams
Rasaun Hill
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
Dreams either damage to new fresh ideas
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Sleep Wayne Hayes
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
Eyes closed from stressed work
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The Bed Evolution
Kalissa Hanshaw
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
kind of violence.
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Wake Up
Brandon Gonzalez 9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
I see smoke coming from the grills on the sidewalks, can hear it a mile away. each other.
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Walk in My Shoes
Dantees Martinez
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
To walk in my shoes means to know why I am always late to school,
I have to wait for my mother to get home in order for me to leave.
I feel regret, coming late to school. I'm not learning everything I can
to make it not as late as
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To Walk in My Shoes
Danyelin Sanchéz
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
insomnia and nightmares every night.
To walk in my shoes means to look in a mirror
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To walk in my shoes means to feel cold, almost like death.
To walk in my shoes means to lie,
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Morning Boches Jose Hernandez
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
I hate it, Change, .
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Frames
Anjali Misir
AGE 8
WRITTEN IN TEEN WRITERS' COLLECTIVE
to them and smoked herring delicately the whole day
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Isolated from the immense on a delayed train
They show the stages of my art making
Of the times I won’t live again
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A Day In The Life of Emma Waterlane
Tirzah Arcade
AGE 3
WRITTEN IN WRITE ALL ABOUT IT !
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away.
walking.
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Like a scar that will not fade
When a Normal Life Turns into an Interesting One Lonnie Irving Jr.
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT UNCOMMON CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
damaged or not.
town is.
“This is Gray Town. Where everyone feels gray and
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Then she says, “I can . . . . . . . . .
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go to their stations.
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to something else.
of the electronic store.
lights and colors.
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the kitchen.
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entrance of the store to get a closer look of them and try them on away.
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hovering cars, and it is less crowded, and it looks like it is a more
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them.
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America, must we always speak
Roberto Cintron III
TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE & ENGINEERING
Everywhere across the land
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Unequal Lives
Enrique De Leon TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE & ENGINEERING
other than his family, one’s goal
Walking down a street getting looks and eyed stares at him his mind
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Who Am I?
Alex
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT PASSAGES ACADEMY BELMONT
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The Great Assimilation Kayla Wayne
TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
White lady with
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Difference
Jennae Noel-Lewis TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
What we see on the news and on social media
gets to go home to his family meanwhile
trying to visit his family he was met with a tragedy
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Untitled Emmanuel Harper
TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
mask.
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not fade.
engraved only on stone and the ones that have not forsaken them. which I roamed. things.
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A Long Departed Jade
Caleb Yamamura TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT LAB SCHOOL FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES
I’m sorry I lost it.
they were smooth,
Often cold on the carved face,
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one way or another,
I took mine everywhere we went
I miss it,
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Edges
Raised by My People
Aaliyah Torres
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
The Vampire Diaries
Teenage romance
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Cheers
I want to raise
Dominant
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A Rosy, Noble World
Darlene Pena Puente & Franlin Perez
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
morality and ethics.
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, tight.
Spanish Harlem Eliana Rivera
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
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We all know they dressed like that in their twenties.
Interesting and annoying at the same time. he'll give credit.
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To Change My World Jayden Lizardo
9 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL
To walk in my shoes is not to know
To walk in my shoes is to feel
To walk in my shoes is to feel fear,
To walk in my shoes is to wonder
To walk in my shoes is to exist
To walk in my shoes is to learn
To walk in my shoes is to know
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To walk in my shoes is to know
to walk in my shoes is to feel
To walk in my shoes is to make
To walk in my shoes is to change someone's mindset, to change my world.
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Women’s Rights Today
Esther Motia
AGE 2
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women face today. The men are worth no more than women, and women are worth no less ,
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If I Made a World
Poppy Sachen
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If I Was In-Charge
Raechel Lu
AGE 9
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The V’s and the Extreme Bully
Third Graders from Waterside Children’s Studio School
ILLUSTRATED BY Tatiana Felder
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One day the trio of girls were roaming the halls
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The girls were created a shield on them. onto the other girls and the halls.
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it landed right the ocean.
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Connect the Planets: Warriors of the Planet
CAMBA Group F
ILLUSTRATED BY Carol Goldberg
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entered the class and sat down next screamed a teacher, and cries were
Noah Xia
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We can do this, we can go on. that shines even when it’s dark.
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Hope
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A skeleton in a treasure chest
Creation Dymel Lisman
0 TH GRADE
WRITTEN DURING A YOUNG WRITERS PUBLISH PROJECT AT ACADEMY FOR YOUNG WRITERS
Weinstein, asked the class. and aahs, their hands raising and waving fairies and elves.
lands.
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asked. The day that my fears came to life.
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The Tower of Marv
Dungeons & Dragons & Writers Students
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eyes, the scars only slightly darker than his skin, and hard to see.
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something else was growing inside of me. This feeling messed with looking for new friends.
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I learned all my skills training with a friend’s dad. I worked all morning and into the evening. I also learned how to work in a team. to Earth to see my family.
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restricted section. What was worse was that it was an old teacher, no one was there. In the distance there was a large stone tower,
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The town was named Tea Leaf. When we got there, we saw no one
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MERLIN:
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Devious Licks
Jason Rivers
AGE 2
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A note from the author:
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Teleport Man
Ayden Peña
AGE
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Self Cluny Smith
AGE 9
WRITTEN IN A WRITE AWAY WORKSHOP
7:01. Lorie earlier. It silently switched to 7:02. rhymed and Dad didn’t like rhyming. Lorie didn’t mind.
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he said.
groaned.
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crying.
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The End . . .
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Pennywise is Back
Estrella Rosas
AGE 2
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The Weirdest Car
Ricardo Fernández
AGE 2
WRITTEN DURING WRITE AFTER SCHOOL
I was walking home from a long day from school, and I saw a car have to enter a cave to go and get a rare crystal. The crystal was the most rare in the world, so I knew I wasn’t going
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Welcome to Chaos Day!
Ruby Chan
AGE 0
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Recipe for a Time-Stopping Watch
Austin Lin AGE
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Echenonia
Rafael Cox
AGE 0
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The Doll
Hailie Lopez Victor AGE 9
WRITTEN DURING WRITE AFTER SCHOOL
Chapter 1. Don’t Open Your Eyes
Chapter 2. About the Doll
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Chapter 3 The Doll/The New Me
Chapter 4: The Voice doesn’t like her.
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Chapter 5: The Man
waited for night time, and he hid. angrily.
Chapter 6: Gone for Good
The doll is gone.
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Luis Estevez Picazo AGE 3
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it’s all over. I’ve hid for too long. It was only a matter of time for my Restart
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Dragon Marshmallow
Fernando Romero
AGE 8
WRITTEN DURING WRITE AFTER SCHOOL
Dragons in the sky
Dragons in the air
Dragons everywhere Dragons eat the marshmallows
Dragons, What I mean
Dragons in the sky
Dragons’ marshmallows Everywhere.
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Cinderella in the Grand-mother’s Point of View Antonella Gross
AGE 0
WRITTEN IN A WRITE AWAY WORKSHOP
Cinderella . . . Oh I know. of clothes right next to me.
Cinderella says.
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Koala and the Mystery
The 2nd Grade Marshmallows
ILLUSTRATED BY Carol Goldberg
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Tori and the Magical Painting Disaster
4B All Stars
ILLUSTRATED BY Carol Goldberg
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was too scared and forgot.
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to draw dancing horses, color candy trees, and other wacky things.
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commotion.
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Maria and the Discovery of her Strange Mom
Fourth Graders from Harlem Village Academies West Upper Elementary
ILLUSTRATED BY Tatiana Felder
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I had some strange mom as I sat in my acting very normal strange noises—
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The Art of Destruction
Fifth Graders at P.S. 264
ILLUSTRATED BY Tatiana Felder
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of moving altogether—away from the cottage and this village. In the village, the scene at the moment was grim. The
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DaMarcus’ Adventure
4-407 The Llamas
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TechnoLife
Fifth Graders at P.S. 264
ILLUSTRATED BY Carol Goldberg
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a talent show of the two looked over
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Evil Plan
Rebecca Cavallaro AGE
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SpongeBob & Casper in Coney Island
Erika Muñoz, Anthony Muñoz, Edwin Salazar Sanchez, and Oliver Santos
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Let’s go in the water. sea lions.
I’m going to go in the water.
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him.
Let’s get some real food.
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Horror is a poem Ayana Alamgir
AGE 9
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from the graveyard
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Time forever
That’s why they
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The Werewolf’s Birthday
Eugenia Rosas, Joseph Ross Jones, and Ayana Alamgir
WRITTEN DURING SUMMER WORKSHOPS
she was doing.
Lavender had a magical staff from her teacher that herself.
Lightning crashed. get in. Lavender was holding her teacher’s license as she was trying
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Lavender’s wand was also
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meaning it.
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skinny witch, with a strange swirly hat.
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Acknowledgments stories.
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