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When we travel, I count the people who live by the train tracks. “There are people,” says ..
As the sun peeks over the dunes to greet the new day, we arrive at the camp. Helpful hands welcome us in. We made ..
At first when our neighbors left, I didn’t mind. I had Papa and Mama and Jedo and Sami. I still ..
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It was time for gym class. Principal Nguyen had some news. “Students, we have a new gym teacher.” ..
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June 1942: Lidice, Czechoslovakia A few weeks after my birthday, Terezie and I got permission to stay ..
On Halloween, Amberlyn arrived at the Anderson House with her dress in a garment bag slung over her arm, ..
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MIYAX PUSHED BACK THE HOOD OF HER sealskin parka and looked at the Arctic sun. It was a yellow disc in a lime-green ..
Nic waves at me frantically as I walk into school the next day. I try to wave back, a painful smile on my face, ..
Something sharp pokes me in the rib. “You should totally sign up for a solo.” Soojin whispers ..
“We are all going to be biologists, We are going to study animals. And after we study animals, ..
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When the school bus drops Luca and me off in front of our house on Carmen Street, our Tata is waiting ..
I, Olive Sun-Hee Oh, am a girl who loves adventure. What kind of adventure, you ask? Things like climbing ..
We were getting ready for mochi-tsuki. Every year our relatives come over to our house to celebrate New Year’s. ..
