Moonlight is what started everything, what led me to the edge one May night. Yes, I know I sound like ..
I GRIP DAD’S OLD ARMY COMPASS, willing myself not to launch it at the obnoxious raven heckling ..
Celeste Like the Sky The blue cloud finally opens-just when the bell rings to let the Juana Ross School ..
Chapter 1 Tick tock. Tick tock. Each tick, tick, ticking second brought Lily and Wendy closer to the end of their ..
CHAPTER ONE Tricia and I are holding left pinkies under our desks, which always works. It’s how we managed ..
The Last Day of Fourth Grade a year before what happened happened There are a lot of things you should ..
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 ..
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. ..
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 ..
Things are back to normal now, but something happened last spring- well, my family will never be the same. ..
Tonight was Marley’s big night! Concert night. Moving from Jamaica to Delaware had meant leaving ..
Tonight the moon shines like polished pearl, round and fat. It glows bigger and brighter than I have ..
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 ..
Most of the families in Carlito’s town looked the same. His family didn’t look like the others. Carlitos ..
