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Last summer, the summer I turned twelve, was the summer Adam came. And forever after I will think of events ..
Rule Number Four TEN DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL let out, Mama announced that summer was canceled. She didn’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. ..
Six stencils in and it’s gone. Okay, the tag vanished by Number Two, but I have a point to prove. ..
Bullying comes in many different forms, from name-calling, insults and threats to cyberbullying by mobile ..
1 Until last summer I thought the only thing I had in common with that whale on the beach was a name. ..
CHAPTER 1 ROYAL WE MY FIFTH-GRADE TEACHER ONCE said that Tara and I were the Royal We. “We didn’t ..
When I look back, I can’t help thinking that maybe I could have prepared for what was coming. But of course, ..
It’s kind of harsh to watch The Great British Bake Off over plates of Stouffer’s lasagna. ..
Laura Dyson wants two things in life: to be accepted by her classmates and to be noticed by ultracute ..
Dad Bear has a hard time waking me up in the morning. “ONE.” The radiator shakes. “TWO.” ..
On the day I was born, Papa announced me to the village: “Here is my son Loo-WEE!” The neighbors ..
He would honor them by showing everyone that being disabled does not mean being unable. It was a big dream, ..
There are questions we all ask when we are learning what it means to be human. Who invented my hands? ..
We are joy! igniting the world, like stars caliente and bright, like trumpets blaring at midnight! ..
The skin i’m in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. The skin i’m in is just ..
A man climbed aboard with a spotted dog. CJ gave up his seat. “How come that man can’t see?” ..
One day, Charley and his mother went to the park, and he saw someone even more different than he was. ..
