ZIGGY’S BATHROOM, HOT AND STEAMY FROM THE torrent of water that poured into his shower, was filled ..
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This year Archie invites a few friends from school to her family’s big Diwali party. ..
SHOWDOWN Indian Territory, 1884Jim Webb’s luck was running muddy when Bass Reeves rode into town. ..
One day, Charley and his mother went to the park, and he saw someone even more different than he was. ..
My name is Lena, and I am seven. I am the color of cinnamon. Mom says she could eat me up. My mom’s ..
Grandpa watches the waning moon. The festival is coming soon.Our house must look its very best.Diwali’s ..
CHAPTER 1 Next to kimchi, Koreans have perfected one other thing: The Dramatic Pause. It’s that ..
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What would Glenn Street do? Randi asked herself as she pedaled down the gravel road that ran beside the river ..
I am usually María Alegre. I like to play tricks on Mami. We will talk in English in the morning and Spanish ..
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It was a blustery day in January as the family sat together at breakfast, trying to keep warm under layers ..
Don’t worry the Wise One said as Sangoel prepared to leave the refugee camp. You carry a Dinka ..
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When Meg was small, her mother used to tell her bedtime stories. Meg would sit up amid a pile of embroidered ..
