She sits in a plastic chair in front of a brick wall, slouching. She is meek with her hair parted down ..

JOSH IS MARGOT’S BOYFRIEND, BUT I GUESS you could say my whole family is a little in love with ..

“Friedman!” I open my eyes and look up. It’s Coach DeSalvo and he’s trudging ..

I hate birthdays. Birthdays taste of burnt toast and sour milk and smell of parched grass and frozen ..

I’M WATCHED. There’s a streetlight near my parents’ store, and I hear the click, a shutter ..

I wish I were invisible. Wearing Harry Potter’s Invisibility Cloak or Frodo Baggins’s Elvish ..

I start my day before sunrise, throwing on running clothes and laying a pinch of semaa at the eastern ..

I live in a tilted house. A bowling ball on our living room floor would roll past the couch, past the dining ..

EVE Eve could feel them staring. As the homeroom bell rang on Monday morning, the room filled with the buzz ..

Lee Noel had been coming over to our house in Featherstone Creek since he was in first grade. We’re ..

Being nice is like leaving your door wide-open. Eventually, someone’s going to mosey in and steal ..

IN MY FIFTEEN YEARS, I HAVE STUCK MY ARM in a vat of slithering eels, climbed all the major hills of San Fran ..

My story starts last weekend on one of my favorite holidays of all time-Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year ..

I’m the tallest fourth grader, which means I never get to stand in front. My shoulders are squished ..

The house is quiet. I’m pretty sure Mom and Dad are asleep. Slipping my hand underneath the pillow, ..

As if there isn’t more than enough on my mind by the time we get to the ballpark for our first ..

Dad says punk rock only comes in one volume: loud. So when I slipped my headphones over my ears, I turned ..