Dear Mama, More bad things are happening. When Amil and I walk the mile to our schools, we pass lots ..
You always felt like a younger sister, Rukku. You looked younger, too, with your wide eyes and snub nose. ..
I pull open the rickety doors of the old, run-down community center gym, praying Ms. Jackson doesn’t ..
This is a love story. At least, it was, before my sister sent me to hell. Though technically, Los Lagos ..
Larnel didn’t know Mrs. Katz very well, but almost every other day his mother stopped in to see her after ..
When my Great-Gramma Anna came to America, she wore the same thick overcoat and big boots she had worn ..
I heard the post drop as usual on the doormat. I was on Shreddie number three, and the radio weather ..
I delete emails from school, unread, on principle (especially the ones they send out at the start of summer ..
I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while, and that’s the truth, ..
I was almost twelve years old the day the customs officers found me in the back of the truck. I stank ..
I open my eyes. It is dawn and a freezing cold breeze blows across my face. The car has stopped on a bridge, ..
The words just won’t come out. I mean, I’m not much of a talker to begin with, but still. ..
A woman, her skin a dark brown in the water. Black tufts of hair wave in the current, revealing more ..
Everyone knows what’s up, because it’s the first day of school and I set the tone. Donovan’s ..
“Open your eyes now.” She pulls a piece of blue material from her wardrobe and holds it up with ..
Dad has been gone exactly two months, one week, and four days when Mom stands up and says, “I can’t ..
“Short pay!” It was one of the Italians. Halfway back in the line waiting for his pay envelope, ..
On the bus, Hằng stares into the endless expanse. She concentrates on even inhales, then slow exhales. ..
There is a Chinese story that goes like this: An old man lived at the edge of the northern frontier. ..
Ta-da! Follow my guide to become a PURPLE person. Now, you may be asking yourself. “Why in the whole ..
I can’t believe I didn’t shoot. Agh. I could’ve won us the game, but no, I was too busy ..
1 RAINY SATURDAY “This rain is wrecking my weekend,” I tell Mom. I am staring out the kitchen ..
