Deep in the Sahyadri mountains, there was a village called Baddbaddpur. The village was in the middlle ..
“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 ..
What Sila Tekin would remember about that afternoon was that she had been wearing her favorite shirt. ..
That bright spring day started off like any other. I know because I’ve replayed it in my head hundreds ..
“I’m not going out there.” Jacques Gagnon shook his head, curls flying, and planted ..
Through the school bus window, Unhei looked out at the strange buildings and houses on the way to her new school. ..
With a GRIND and a CLANK, our old van slows to a stop. Mom can’t start it. Monster waves from the roadside. ..
You, Amani, are “it.” So you squeeze your eyes tight and count to ten. I get a glimpse of your ..
FOR MY ENTIRE life, La Cocina de la Isla has closed on Sundays. Year after year customers have begged ..
María Isabel looked at the cup of coffee with milk and the buttered toast in front of her. But she couldn’t ..
WHEN I WAS LITTLE, A KID POINTED at me on the playground and shouted, “Her arms fell off!” ..
A Pink Mustache and Ninja Training Fact: mustaches are hilarious. Which is why I collect them. ..
I remember ages ago reading about how some animals, if caught in a trap, will gnaw off the captured limb ..
I settle onto the couch with the chocolate pudding I saved from Friday’s school lunch. This silence ..
I wasn’t fast enough. Abuela appears behind me, already dressed with her makeup on, hair in a perfect ..
GRACIE SAID MAMI WAS RIGHT TO slap me. She thought I deserved it for what I said. But there were things ..
Six stencils in and it’s gone. Okay, the tag vanished by Number Two, but I have a point to prove. ..
Three years ago, we moved for the first time in my life. In fact, apart from the two nights at a neighbor’s ..
Today is Tét, the first day of the lunar calendar. Every Tét we eat sugary lotus seeds and glutinous ..
School. Not my favorite thing. Especially the first week back after a glorious summer off. I always dread ..
