The prairie had been very still the day the whites came. The animals stayed tucked in their burrows most ..
Celeste Like the Sky The blue cloud finally opens-just when the bell rings to let the Juana Ross School ..
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CHAPTER ONE Tricia and I are holding left pinkies under our desks, which always works. It’s how we managed ..
Rafael Rosales saw his first baseball game when he was five. He sprinted up the bleacher steps of Tetelo ..
The Last Day of Fourth Grade a year before what happened happened There are a lot of things you should ..
Last summer, the summer I turned twelve, was the summer Adam came. And forever after I will think of events ..
Family Disaster EDVER Miami, Florida, USA I thought I was prepared for any emergency. Fires, floods, ..
He’s my mother’s worst nightmare. His intricate tattoos and the way he’s been covertly ..
Melvin Robinson lay in the bottom of the bunk bed he’d been sharing with his older brother, Chuck, ..
Minni’s heart soared as the small plane’s wheels lifted from the ground. She loved being ..
It was the first Sunday of summer break, and I was in a hurry to finish my dusting chores fast so I could ..
On the steps of a house at the end of the street, Becca watches Grandma bead and bead buckskin moccasins. ..
Anna wanted to carry water on her head. More than anything, Her family lived way out in the countryside. ..
Platanos are like golden slices of this afternoon’s sun on our dinner plates. I help Mami in the kitchen. ..
Rabbi Ruben treasured his synagogue-from its cheery red bricks to its lively windows to the musty, dusty ..
Deep in the Sahyadri mountains, there was a village called Baddbaddpur. The village was in the middlle ..
The jeep grumbles and growls along the road. The top is rolled down, and the wind lifts the corner of my bandanna. ..
“Someone’s going inside!” Zayd yells, his face smooshed against the glass of the front ..
I’ve imagined lots of ways to get famous. The best of all would be if I took a game-winning shot ..
This is the worst Eid ever!” Aleeza flops onto the sofa and grabs the TV remote. “You’ll ..
“Look! I did it!” Terry holds up a bright red paper flower. “Gracias, Grandma Lupita, ..
Things are back to normal now, but something happened last spring- well, my family will never be the same. ..
