It’s almost as if Wangari Maathai is still alive, since the trees she planted still grow. Those ..
The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day. I sat there ..
Entebbe, Uganda 1972 DURING THE SUMMER of 1972, the president of Uganda-Idi Amin had a dream. God spoke ..
Holly sat on her chair and poked pieces of pancake in syrup with her fork. She loved maple syrup with ..
Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have ..
I count the things that matter. Chop, twist, toss, check. Chop, twist, toss, check. Two more pods make ..
Chapter One. MAHTAB ACHED. She rubbed her freezing hands together and pressed them into her mouth, sucking ..
Like I said, I’ve been in worse cells. At some point while I’m lying on the damp concrete ..
Things I know to be true: Tita Vea married my father so she could come to the States, and there is nothing ..
CHAPTER 1 “Faw-wah, where’s Mama?” asks my little brother, Samir. He is holding his green ..
MOMMA HAS FOUR SISTERS (she’s the oldest one), and her parents run a riding school called Blue ..
one. It’s bizarre to be so nervous about seeing the person who knows me best, but the past year ..
“Kanzi, habibti, you’re going to be late to the first day of school,” Mama calls. “I’m ..
CHAPTER 1 The dragonflies live down by the bayou, but there’s no way to know which one’s ..
Today’s Sunday and we’re moving, again. Not every thing fit in the moving truck, so our huge ..
THE PERFECT GADGET “Girls,” Miss Bunsen continued. “We have been invited to take part ..
ABOUT MY SQUAD “It really bothers me when Danny puts down cheerleading,” I tell Mom. “And ..
THE CASTLE Unlike the fairy tale castles that Ana and Andrew read about in storybooks, Cape Coast Castle ..
DESERT VIEW In the morning, Ms. Stanwyck gathered the Art Club members together in the motel lobby. “Today, ..
Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. This little boy would become one of the greatest ..
