My name is Mindy Kim. I am eight years old, and I’m now in third grade! So far, third grade isn’t ..
one Heartbreak is for suckers. Smart people protected their hearts, and I wasn’t stupid. Far from ..
THE MYSTERY OF GENES Mom is half Angie, half me. Mom and I play chess when we’re not reading, but she’s ..
Second Chances Why is it that principals love giving second chances? Love reminding me they were kids ..
Asha SPRING.. Sometimes it seems that Donnybrooke is everywhere. You’re not supposed to be able ..
Amadi crouched in the shrubs, stalking a red-headed lizard. “Amadi!” His mother’s voice ..
July 24 My mother named me Gabriela after my grandmother who- coincidentally-didn’t want to meet ..
Chapter 2 “We’re holding Maple back.” Those were the four little words that ruined ..
Earthquake Drill The alarm is a wave that knocks us out of our chairs. Pencils fly, papers float in the air, ..
The bell sounded. People jumped to their feet and gathered their things. “And don’t forget ..
Moonlight is what started everything, what led me to the edge one May night. Yes, I know I sound like ..
The prairie had been very still the day the whites came. The animals stayed tucked in their burrows most ..
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 ..
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, ..
It was the first Sunday of summer break, and I was in a hurry to finish my dusting chores fast so I could ..
That bright spring day started off like any other. I know because I’ve replayed it in my head hundreds ..
Malala’s father worked as a teacher and was passionate about education, and her mother always encouraged ..
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 ..
