Dancing Bananas

BY THE KIDS OF THE WRITERS’ ROOM

VOLUME � • ISSUE � • FALL ����

Copyright © 2016 The Writers’ Exchange This book is a collection of the kids’ favourite writing and art that they created in the Writers’ Room during the fall of 2016.

The Writers’ Exchange gets inner-city kids excited about reading and writing through mentoring and creative writing projects like this chapbook. All Writers’ Exchange programs are free for the children and families we serve, so we could not exist without the support of amazing donors, including Marily Mearns, the Waterbury Foundation, Social Venture Partners Vancouver, Megan Abbott, Bernard MacLeod, Linda Louis, TELUS Vancouver Community Board, Leo and Florence Helzel, Nancy and Ted Maitland, the RBC Foundation, the City of Vancouver and the Wolrige Foundation. Thank you.

Writers’ Exchange 881 East Hastings Vancouver, BC V6A 1R8 vancouverWE.com Design and layout: Claire Balderston, cbalderston.com Production coordination and editing: Melissa Edwards Editorial support: Kalea These kind organizations support the Writers’ Room after-school program:

The Writers’ Room after-school program runs in partnership with Queen Alexandra FAMILY School and the Vancouver School Board’s Van Tech Community School Team.

Printing for this chapbook was generously donated by Hemlock.

contents Lands of Enchantment Peter Bunny by Sabrina 1 Unknown Country by B.Q. 1 A Tour of Tsum Tsum Kingdom by Cami 2 Scary Squash Story by Joey 2 The Ice and Fire Queens by Daisy 2 Amazing Flowers by Ruby 3 Rain by Daniella 4 Fire Queen by Fiona 4

Thrills and Chills The Scary Forest by Celest 5 Random Story by Susan 6 The Monster’s House by Tatiana 6 The T. Rex in the Forest by George 7 The Dinosaur and the Clowns by Jaykwon 7 The Vampire Is Hungry by Nicholas 8 Why Not? by Coebe 10 Fright Night Adventure by Clara 11

Sweet Stories My Donut by Noel 12 Elijah’s Birthday by Elijah 12 A Poem by Levi 13 Halloween Trick by Isabella 13 Raichu by Kulus 13 Naked Donut by Tessa and Danielle 14 Free Candy by Jared 16 Sophia on the Moon By Sophia 17 Pikachu and Charmander By Semira 17

Power People This Is the Real Story of How Shadow Blade Got Her Powers by Helena 18 The Justice League by Nancy 18 Galactic by Santina 19 Turbo Beast by Finlay 19 The Fantastic 4 by Justice 20

Captain Cobra’s First Super Power by Aiden K. 20 My Book by Coleen 21 The Story of Hope by Brooklyn 21 Captain War by Ohiyesa 21 Superhero by Troy 21 Pumpkin Tales When the Kids Sleep by Edward 22 The Night of the Haunted House by Keira 22 The Fragile Pumpkin by Jasper 22 The Sleepy Pumpkins by Karen 23 Halloween Buzz Lightyear by Patrick 23 Pumpkins After Night by Kyanna 23 Pinkalicious Pumpkin by Markus 23 Pumpkin Head by Victor 24 Going on a Trip by Serenity 25 Tonight: A Bogey Man Story by Mya 25 The Little Baby Pumpkin by Braiden 25 Comics Corner Kawaii Cat by Hannah 26 Power Guy by Nirbhay 27 Laser Brains and Evil Bananaman by Reilley 28 The Rich and Bad Man and the Happy and Sad Man by Edwin 29 Harley Quinn’s Life by Summer 30 Yin Yang by Andrew 31 The Letter by Corbin 32 Supergirl by Raiah 33 Bob by Ella 34 One Day by Eleazar 35 Daily Life by Gabby 36

The Last Word The Super Agent by Max 37 Cole by Tyler 37 Adventure at the PNE by Jachin 38 Phone Poem by Maggie 38 Pikachu by Xisiwe 38 Minions by Leandro 39 How to Be Good at Pokémon Go by Aydin N. 39 I Have a Human by Ryan 40 Magic Story by Priscilla 40 The Fox Got Stuck in the Ocean by Victoria 40 Quinlan and the Sticks by Quinlan 41 I Have a Banana by Chad 41

LANDS OF ENCHANTMENT

By Sabrina, age 12 Peter the bunny lived on a floating island. He was a superhero bunny.

His super power was super speed. The evil villain was a wolf that can fly. He had an underwater lair. He also lived near Peter the bunny. The wolf’s name was Rick. One day Rick was going to the supermarket to buy some food to eat. He started flying but when he got to the supermarket he couldn’t stop flying. He was stuck in the air so he went back home. But he still couldn’t land on the floor. He was stuck in the air flying forever. Eventually he landed on the dock near his lair. At his home he made a plan. He said, “I will surround Peter the bunny with lava.” So he went and started a problem near the volcano. Peter the bunny ran to near the volcano and saw the problem. Rick surrounded Peter with lava and Peter ran super fast on the rocks on top of the lava to escape. To be continued . . .

By B.Q., age 12 If I had my own country it would be called Unknown. Here, you know nothing. Everything is unknown. No up and downs. No sad or happy.

And, last, every person has to play R6.

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By Cami, age 9 This is Tsum Tsum Kingdom. Let’s start your tour. First, let’s start with Toysareus. Toysareus is located beside Central Park. This store brings in over 500 Tsum Tsums a year. In Central Park there are lots of things you can do, like play in the pond, park, etc. The Tsum Tsum grocery store has hundreds of varieties of healthy foods, such as carrots, blueberries and bananas. Our next stop is the town’s ice cream store. It has tons of flavours. There are also theatres. The most popular theatre is Silver City. There are almost 500 Tsum Tsums here every year. And now they’ve cancelled our tour. Hope you visit again soon.

By Joey, age 9 There once was a friendly castle and a very scary forest. No one had ever returned from the forest. In the forest there were creepy crawly scary squash. Anyone who set foot in the forest got squashed and never returned. The people who entered got captured and eaten.

Meanwhile, in the friendly castle, everyone drank tea.

By Daisy, age 8 Once upon a time there lived a fire queen and an ice queen. They didn’t like each other. They always fought. They didn’t share their stuff.

But their mother and father said they had to share their stuff because they are sisters. The fire queen liked the colour red. The ice queen liked the colour blue. When it was the fire queen’s birthday she got a pet dog but she liked cats. When it was the ice queen’s birthday she got a pet bunny but she liked owls.

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By Ruby, age 9

whizzin’ frisbee flower

butterfly flower

pokémon flower!

drooping flower

cloud burst flower

pika plant

fire flower

giant flower

Me

You

upside-down bell flower

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By Daniella, age 9

so I amrsty i th

There is no way that it will rain

Wait!

I see a cloud!

YAY!

By Fiona, age 8 Once upon a time there was a fire queen and an ice queen who were sisters. They were play fighting a lot. The ice queen had a pet dog that ate ice and the fire queen had a fire dog that drank lava and ate little chunks of lava. One day they were actually fighting and so they decided they were going to move castles so they wouldn’t fight ever again. But one day later they saw each other and they were not happy. After their mother saw the fire queen and ice queen she said, “Be nice to each other.” So the fire queen and ice queen became nice again.

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thrills and chills

By Celest, age 10 I was in the forest doing a little walk and I forgot my phone at home.

While I was walking I thought I saw a monster behind a tree, but it was actually just a fox. The fox came out from behind the tree. It came closer and closer and then it heard a noise and ran away. I just kept walking the same way on the trail. I was wondering why I heard so many snapping sticks and it turned out that it was my mom. She gave me my phone and I just kept on walking on the trail. I felt calm and I heard birds singing and the air felt clean. Then I saw a tree with a treehouse on a branch. I climbed up to see what was in the treehouse.

In the treehouse were animals. I also saw the fox I had seen earlier. The animals were frightened because there was a monster, but the monster was too big to come up into the treehouse. My phone rang, and it wasn’t any of my parents . . . or my brothers . . . or my sisters. It was somebody I didn’t know! It turned out I had to cancel the call because I heard a growl! It was the monster. Then hunters came and killed the monster and the animals were safe, for now . . . dun dun dun.

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By Susan, age 11 One day we were camping in the woods in huge giant cabins. We were eating animals like moose and deer. We built the cabins, obviously, because we were in the middle of the woods. We made a fire when it was nighttime and we did not put it out and our cabin caught on FIRE! We were TERRIFIED! We managed to make it to the door and to the life jackets because we thought they would save our lives. The fire got bigger and then we thought, “We have life jackets!” We went to the lake, and guess what?! We made it to the lake! We took our life jackets off and went into the VERY deep lake. Then I realized it was a dream and I was in the bathtub.

By Tatiana, age 9 Once upon a time there was a scary house with ghosts, goblins, vampires, skeletons, zombies, witches and monsters. Whoever entered the house would get . . .

The house was in the woods. The house was haunted and the person who owned the house was a two-eyed monster with scary eyes and four hands. The house had a haunted bathroom and haunted rooms and it was secretly a hotel. And no one knew that it was haunted. There were secret passageways somewhere in the house that were secretly hidden. The owner had four kids—one that was a vampire, one that was a skeleton, one that was a ghost girl and one that was a goblin girl. There were cameras in the house and they took pictures of the people. The house had a tiny storm every Halloween night. It also had pet dragons and an army of walking dead. And the walking dead were zombies. Boo . . .

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By George, age 9 I was in the forest. I heard a loud noise. It was scary. Jachin was helping me but he runs faster than me. Jachin got ahead of me. I saw two dinosaurs. One was the kind that has a giant spiked ball on the end of its tail and the other was a T. Rex. It was just like the one in Jurassic Park—the one with the spikes on its head. T. Rex was biting the other dinosaur. The spiky dinosaur had red eyes. I was scared and sad. I was scared the dinosaurs would bite me and I was sad because my friend Jachin wouldn’t help me. The T. Rex bit me on the arm. Two teeth went into my arm and my arm broke. I ran home and Jachin was helping me.

His eyes were as big as Mickey Mouse’s ears. And while he was running he made funny sounds. The police helped us go to the hospital. When we got to the hospital I said, “That was a close call.” My arm was wobbly and it stung. But now it’s better after two months.

By Jaykwon, age 11 Once upon a time . . . The End. Done. We are done, guys.

I was with Joe. We went to Japan and we went to a snowy place. Me and Joe walked in the snowy place. We saw this dinosaur with snow in his mouth. He came alive! I ran. Joe died. Afterwards 25 killer clowns came and chopped the dinosaur with their weapons. They found Joe in its stomach. They put the pieces of the dinosaur into a bag and then they tried to cook Joe in the furnace. They tried to cook everyone but when they found me I had an axe and I chopped the clowns and fed them to another dinosaur. The dinosaur vomited the clowns, then I destroyed the dinosaur and after I went to a space where I was safe.

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By Nicholas, age 10

tomato

tomato

One night...

The vampire is hungry

Tummy ache!

Hi, Vampire.

Hi, Sam the devil.

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Where are you going?

I’m going to the Wizard.

Hi vampire.

Hi.

abra cadabra.

You will now have no tummy ache.

I have no tummy ache anymore!

At the Wizard’s Lab

o!

Bo

h! Soary!

Sc

Aa

It’s seven o’clock! Time to go to bed.

Time to scare people!

Sleeping time

Time for sleep

zzz

The house is empty once again 9

By Coebe, age 9

And then I went to go get a Doge dog.

Then I decided to take the world.

One day I went to eat an apple.

XD

snatch And then I decided to fly into the sun.

Ay boy!

Ah, I’m melting.

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By Clara, age 10 Part 1 On October 20th I went to Fright Night. I went on the Beast. On the Beast my seatbelt broke. Then I landed on a roller coaster seat but as I got on the roller coaster the car broke off.

Part 2 I fell to the ground. The people surrounded me. Then they called an ambulance. The ambulance came and got me in the truck right away.

Part 3 We arrived at the hospital and they put a really light magenta cast on my arm. That is the story of how I broke my arm.

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SWEET STORIES

By Noel, age 7 There was a donut named Sparkles. She was happy. She liked a toy named Shopkins. She and her friends were playing with Shopkins. They loved Shopkins. They saw lightning and rain. They said, “Oh no!” They ran inside to Sparkles’ home. They ate cookies. They drank water. It stopped and they went outside in the sun and played with Shopkins and they played and played all day until they were bored and sleepy.

It was dark outside. They went camping. They roasted marshmallows.

They went home to play with Shopkins all day. They drew Shopkins with pencils. They were happy.

By Elijah, age 8 18 pieces of popcorn chicken Fries and gravy Iced tea Doctor Pepper Six KFC original biscuits KFC Chocolate Cookies Cake

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By Levi, age 10 Video games Chocolate trains Growing pains Quatrains

By Isabella, age 11

It’s not Halloween without stealing a bowl of candy!

Take One Please

Take One all Please

By Kulus, age 6 He joins with other Raichus. He attacks with Iron Tail. He walks with two legs. He has lots of hats. He eats lots of candy.

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By Tessa, age 10, and Danielle, age 9 One day Donut went to talk to Baker.

I hope Baker can give me frosting!

Baker said yes, but under one condition.

Yay!

You have to get me sugar.

So Donut went to go get sugar from the farmer.

C so an I me ha sug ve ar?

Donut brought the sugar back to Baker.

Her your sue’s gar.

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Thank you.

Ok!

But then...

Oh no!

o, Oh rngot... o If

Donut wanted sprinkles so Donut had to get them.

I want sprinkles!

Donut walked to the candy shop.

Go to the candy shop.

dylan’s candy

candy spree

sprinkles

Yay, Donut is not naked anymore.

Donuts these days.

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By Jared, age 12 free candy

or Trickat tre

free candy

you just got pranked

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By Sophia, age 9 My name is Sophia. I would be half cat and half me. I would be on the moon.

I am half cat. It makes no sense if I have braces because I have buck teeth.

Hi

Hi I am going to the moon. So fun!

Cookies When I was on the moon I saw good cookies.

They were chocolate chip.

By Semira, age 7 Pikachu is Charmander’s friend. Pikachu plays with Charmander every day. Charmander and Pikachu eat candy.

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POWER PEOPLE!

By Helena, age 8 Welcome. I am Shadow Blade. I will show you how I got my dark powers. I was a girl teenager named Silona. I liked the dark so I didn’t have a night light. I liked to be a superhero. I had a big secret about me that I didn’t know about. I liked to do archery so I did my practice, then the arrow started glowing and I touched it. Now I’m a superhero! Now I love fighting bad guys like Claw Dome and Laser Eye. Now I shoot lightning bolts with my new bow in the light of the moon.

By Nancy, age 7 Once upon a time there was a girl named Elizabeth, Queen of Florida.

One day, she died. But she was resurrected by a powerful wizard who turned her into a superhero. She was only 14. And then she died again.

And then she turned into a graveyard. And then she was a superhero again! And then she died again. Then she turned into a coffee table.

Then she died again. Then someone dug up her DNA.

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By Santina, age 7

the king soldier strike

Hi, I am Galactic. I drank a magic potion and it made me fall asleep.

I started to feel different and I started to fly. This is me as Galactic.

I have a costume. This is me as a superhero. I have super speed, superhuman agility, invisibility, teleportation, strength and, last, snow power and flying power. This is my training academy. It is called the King Soldier Strike. I’m new here. This is the workshop. It is cool. I met a lot of people. One was Phantom Dark. I saved the world. I became a captain because I saved the world.

By Finlay, age 8 Once upon a time there was a boy who fell off a trampoline and hit his head on a bench. And it knocked out all his teeth. And he had to get silver teeth. And the dentist gave him superpowers. And then the superhero of Turbo Beast was born. His first villain was named Chainsaw. His weapon was a chainsaw but Turbo Beast took him to jail.

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By Justice, age 9 FOX NEWS NEWSPAPER

The Fantastic 4 have saved us once again.

Sheela

Midnight

Malitite

Snowflake

These heroes have saved us so many times.

Their reward is this trophy.

By Aiden K., age 7 One day Captain Cobra got bit by a snake. The next day Captain Cobra became a trainer. When Captain Cobra was training he got his first super power.

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By Coleen, age 9 She was going to fly from the sky, but not to save the day. But then she did save the day.

They said, “Help.” She said, “Okay.”

They said, “We need food please.” She said, “Okay. I am coming.”

They said, “Please, supergirl.” She said, “Okay. Here you go.”

“Thanks.”

“No problem.”

“Thanks for your help.”

“No problem.”

The End.

By Brooklyn, age 7 One day Brooklyn was jumping on the trampoline and she fell off and went head-first onto the cement. When she hit her noggin she . . . got . . .

SUPER POWERS! BOOM. POW. POOF. She became Hope.

By Ohiyesa, age 8 Once, in a city full of crime, no superheroes lived there. Crime was endless.

Then one day a superhero was born. His name was Captain War. He was extremely good at martial arts and had an endless supply of weapons and caught many bad guys.

By Troy, age 6 He is wearing pajamas so no aliens can find him. He is wearing Ghostbusters pajamas so nobody can see him. The superhero is fighting the Ghostbusters.

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PUMPKIN TALES

By Edward, age 6 Once, the evil pumpkin stole candies from the kids. When the kids woke up they were sad because all their candy was gone. The kids ran after the pumpkins with pumpkin carving tools. Then they caught the pumpkins and glued candy on their faces. Then they cut a hole in the tops of the pumpkins and ripped out all their guts. All the candy was in a bag. The kids untied it and shared it all.

By Keira, age 9 Once upon a time the graveyard of evil pumpkins woke up. The pumpkins went into town and scared all the kids. The adults got scared, so they threw all the pumpkins they already had away. All the pumpkins were in the garbage. While they were in the garbage, they came to life, too! So the adults grabbed weapons and knives because it was too dangerous for the kids. They destroyed them all.

By Jasper, age 7 He turns into a candy rocket. After he turns into candy he turns into Gengar PokĂŠmon. He joins forces with other PokĂŠmon. They live happily ever after.

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By Karen, age 7 When the children were asleep the pumpkins woke up and went to get the candy and put the candy the bedrooms. And then they went to the windowsill and went to bed. In the morning, the grown-ups went to work and the kids went to school. When everybody was gone the pumpkins came down and played with board games.

By Patrick, age 8 Buzz Lightyear’s mom was a pumpkin. He was in Call of Duty and he had a weapon. He died in World War I and his weapon is the memory of him. And he went to pumpkin heaven.

The End. Or is it? Part 2 coming up next year.

By Kyanna, age 7 Once upon a time the pumpkins woke up from their nap and it was night. The pumpkins went trick-or-treating after the kids went trickor-treating. They got lots of candy. They loved it. They went to lots of houses. And when the pumpkins ate lots of candy they grew bigger.

They got so big they blew up.

By Markus, age 8 After all the kids go to bed she goes home. She goes to bed and dreams about her friend. They are colourful. They play a game together. They do their secret handshake.

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By Victor, age 12

Scaring kids Brain

Family

Emotions...

Happy

Daily life...

Kirby

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Sad

Angry

At home

Crippling depression

Cr e s t u e py ff

Name: Pumpkin Head

By Serenity, age 6 They go to the movie theatre!

zootopia

The pumpkin is going to sleep over at Tyler’s. And they are going to the park. They will go to the movie theatre! They will go to get chocolate and vanilla ice cream! And they will go to see the animals! And they will go to see the fireworks!

By Mya, age 6 Bogeyman the pumpkin will eat your head and toes. Then she will run away and go to sleep . . . until tomorrow night! Bogeyman will eat everyone in the whole wide world! Then she will go home and fall asleep. Bogeyman snores really loud. Just kidding—Bogeyman is nice!

By Braiden, age 8 The baby pumpkin is hungry! When they are mean to him he gets mad and eats the people. But when the trick-or-treaters are nice to him he is happy, and he shrinks! Then he turns back to his normal size.

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COMICS CORNER

By Hannah, age 11 Kawaii (real name: • Super hearing Cat •N ight vision Kitty) • Lands on her feet • Sharp claws • Super speed

Help!

She lives in Asia.

Then something really bad happened.

Kawaii Cat rushed outside to see what happened. She decided to help right away. mew

Help!

Everyone is saved because of mew!

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By Nirbhay, age 9 Sorry

Help!

No Whee

I’m

god

Wheee

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By Reilley, age 7

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This is Laser Brain. He has a magical third eye so he can control people with his mind.

He also uses his laser eyes to melt his enemies.

His biggest enemy is Evil Bananaman, who blows fire and has a sword.

Laser Brain uses his laser eye to melt the Evil Bananaman.

By Edwin, age 10

Hey.

I hate you.

Aarr.

What.

Yes you are.

You burned my home.

I’m not mean.

Here.

Thank you.

I’m sorry.

It’s ok.

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By Summer, age 8

Harley Quinn was an evil baby.

still evil

Ha ha ha ha

To be continued...

mom and dad’s room

washroom

Ha ha ha

Ha

Harley Quinn doesn’t flush.

Harley Quinn meets other villains at high school.

They plan to take over the world.

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By Andrew, age 10

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By Corbin, age 8 No thoughts.

Wow, these trees look rotten.

!!!!

(Surprised)

I will get you, mailman.

i’m still getting you!

Envelope.

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By Raiah, age 8

Once upon a time there was a girl that wanted...

It’s a nice day!

She found the superhero glitter.

Here is my mask and park.

What is that?

Then she sprinkled it everywhere on her body.

. . .to be a superhero.

Today’s clothes are:

When she slept, she started to become a supergirl. When she woke up, she looked in the mirror. She could not remove the mask and superhero outfit. Then she got to go to the superhero planet.

It was awesome.

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By Ella, age 10 Bob the space bug

Bob lives on Pluto the planet

He has a girlfriend named Emily

Bob Emily

In a house inside the planet. . .

Home

Happily ever after

Home Inner core

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Outer core

By Eleazar, age 8

One day I went to get some apple juice.

Gulp gulp gulp gulp

Boom!

Meanwhile . . .

use

!

He

y

My ho

Boom!

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Mew

radiation

Morning Imann.

A car crashed Oh dear. into my house!

* wn *ya

You're dumb.

Hi I’m Billy. Let’s go in the cave.

THE END

Oh hi Billy!

Sammy?

Let’s check it out!

I’m Sammy btw.

Morning Imann I’ll go make my coffee.

I’m a bat Ahh! Grr

It was a flying car.

Here’s your breakfast!

Wow.

Arg!

Here’s your food, Imann.

Ahh!

Here, Imann.

BANG!

Haha!

1 day later...

Wanna go outside?

Yes!

You can stay at my house for now.

Thanks.

When they go outside. . .

12 hours later...

Come in!

What Help. happened?

Now for my reward.

Turn Sideways

By Gabby, age 10

THE LAST WORD

By Max, age 8 Once upon a time there was a super agent. He was on duty when he saw there was a bad guy. The bad guy was walking on the sidewalk, stealing candy. The super agent turned on his jet pack and zoomed up into the air and went closer to the bad guy. The super agent was hovering over the bad guy so the bad guy turned around. The super agent froze. The super agent had a plan. There was a streetlight. The super agent hid behind the streetlight. The bad guy took a clock out of his pocket and looked at the clock. It was midnight. The bad guy said to himself, “I should get back to my house.” He was walking down the street but the super agent’s jet pack was too fast for the bad guy. The super agent said stop to the bad guy. The bad guy froze. The bad guy said, “Very funny,” and tore down the street. And they were never seen again.

By Tyler, age 7 When Cole was walking, Cole saw Deadpool training. Then Cole’s brother was going to fight the evil bad guy’s truck. Cole’s brother threw a boomerang stick and it got stuck on top of the truck. Then Cole’s brother stole the money. Cole went to find him and then a ghost said, “Cole!” When they finally got back, some Minecraft people were fighting Bowser from Minecraft. Minecraft Mario defeated Bowser.

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By Jachin, age 9 I was at the PNE. I went on the roller coaster. I was with George.

He wanted to go on the Beast and I didn’t. We argued. I said “No. We aren’t going on the Beast.” George said, “Pretty, pretty please.”

I changed my mind and said, “Fine. We will go on the Beast.” We were having an awesome time and went on all the rides and we ate everything we could, including Slurpees and candy. After we ate we went on the Big Slingshot. While we were on the Big Slingshot I burped from all the food we had eaten. I burped in George’s face. George got mad. George said, “No you don’t,” and then pushed me off the Big Slingshot right when we were at the top. I fell one hundred feet down and landed on the cement. I put my arm out like Superman and my arm broke. We rushed to the hospital. George drove—he took a car. I got X-rays and a cast. Sometimes we get angry with each other but we are still friends.

By Maggie, age 12 Roses are red I have a phone Nobody texts me Forever alone

By Xisiwe, age 8 Pikachu came to life when the trick-or-treaters went to bed. He broke some other pumpkins. Pikachu found Raichu. Pikachu and Raichu battled. Pikachu won.

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By Leandro, age 6

I love bananas

I am a zombie

By Aydin N., age 8 Step 1 Get an iPhone 7 Step 2 Buy the Pokémon Go Plus app Step 3 Turn on Pokémon Go Plus, then you CLICK and CLICK 100,000 clicks 1,000,000,000 clicks Infinity clicks The End 39

By Ryan, age 10 I have a human, I have a robot, Uhh . . . I have a human robot.

I have a baby, I have a dog, Uh . . . I have a baby dog.

Human Robot Baby Dog

By Priscilla, age 11 There was a turtle and a dolphin swimming through the coral reef.

Then they got caught in a net for an underwater cage. They got caged up, but a seal was swimming around and he saw the cage and saw the dolphin and turtle. So the seal went looking for diamond necklaces to free the dolphin and turtle. They were free at last, and they were so hungry, and then they all were celebrating for freedom and the sea and the whole wide ocean.

By Victoria, age 8 Baby Foxy went to the beach with her mommy. Foxy can’t swim because she is only a baby. Foxy was super scared.

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By Quinlan, age 6

There are sticks everywhere. I am in the middle. The stick and me. The two sticks and me. The four sticks and me. The three sticks and me.

By Chad, age 12 I have a banana I have a monkey Go bananas I have a car I have a cat Car cat

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AUTOGRAPHS

Thanks to the 44 fantastic volunteer mentors who helped with the fall 2016 Writers’ Room program: Agnes, Aleksandra, Alix, Alysha, Alyssa, Amanda, Amandine, Brad, Britta, Charlie, Christina, Cosette, Craig, Denise, DJ, Elif, Farrah, Fatima, Grace, Isabella, Jillian, Joe, Julia M., Julia N., Julian, Kathleen, Mani, Maria, Melanie, Mikayla, Mireille, Nhea, Paul F., Paul P., Prabhi, Sarah, Sasha, Sean, Sheryl, Shuting, Simone, Veronica, Winston and Yiana And a special thanks to long-time Writers’ Exchange volunteer Morgan for the pumpkins that inspired so many of the stories and comics in this book.