My First Year of Middle School
“‘Honey you’re running late!!!’ I hear my Mom call from the kitchen. I grab a piece of toast and get on to the bus. I am not looking forward to the first day of school without Julie.”
“‘Honey you’re running late!!!’ I hear my Mom call from the kitchen. I grab a piece of toast and get on to the bus. I am not looking forward to the first day of school without Julie.”
“Bright-colored by the reflection of the sun,
curved at each tip,
the wind blowing it towards me.”
“Ten years later, Atlas asked me to join the spies that go around bustling cities to try to find homeless children about at least ten years old. And I said yes. So my sister became a doctor, and I became a spy.”
“She pressed the button on her collar to speak, and whispered to Rebecka, “He actually cares about me! That’s why he doesn’t want me to fly! But you’re my owner and you actually care about me more than Mr. Bobbette does, so I’m going to keep flying, even if he doesn’t want me to.”
“The man looks back at me and he points the gun at me like he sees me, his face is covered, his hand on the trigger.
Bang!
Everything goes blank.”
“He says something very faint like a cricket playing their music in the water
His clothes are like oceans on a body
His face, as pale as white, but as yellow as a sun”
“The light is coming
The darkness will fall
I’m coming together”
“My mom is training me to follow in her footsteps. You might think I’m smart and all, but I play travel soccer. It isn’t my real dream.
I always wanted to dance, but I guess I will never accomplish that dream… “
“The color of all the forest at peace, blending together into the darkness, to be awoken again by the rising sun to show the coat of nature once more.”
“It all started with Chaos. Chaos was the universe.”
“I never wanted to go back to Camp Lakota. It was awful! I stayed for one week.”
“And it smelled of all nature.
Fragile leaves nesting on the ground.
Crunch, crunch, crunch, I hear.
Footsteps following me.”
“Today, I overheard the foxes talk about my mom, Bluemoon. They said that she probably died from old age, or was badly hurt. I didn’t believe a word of it. The foxes were usually known for not always telling the truth anyway.”
“Never ending comments
Deadly words killing many and leaving shrapnel to pierce me”
“They know it’s coming. One of the chilliest times of the year. The autumn tree whispers.”
“Venus and Mars colliding
Echoing in my head
Minding itself
Years of loving the thoughts
Moving parts
Over the mountains”
“I type a comment. “Santa is real. Also, because you said ‘Santa isn’t real’ four times, you just killed four baby elves. No wonder the elf population is going down. You monster.”
“The trial was supposed to be for 1 week, but on wednesday (the trial started on Sunday) my sister and I found out that mommy had already called to say that it was working out really well, and that we were going to keep him.”
“It takes a second
to read,
a minute
to think,
about a day
to understand.”
“George burned the entry in fright and disgust. Pop had betrayed us all! George thought angrily.”
“Words and hearts
should be handled with care.”
“He was about to pee in his pants. He didn’t want to do it, but he did. He ran into the girl’s bathroom and started used it. “
“Nameless the Blameless, now free, started wandering everywhere, and people pet him. He was fine since he was smart, but all of the stupid animals caused traffic or got run over.”
“Since my neighbor does not give her dogs a good, fresh meal, I decided to take the dog in for a little while, you know. Maybe, just maybe, dad would let me keep her.”
“They look a lot like us, but with SUPER LONG, and LARGE noses, kind of like Proboscis Monkeys.
One of these “people” comes up to me and says, “Hello, my name is Kate.”
“And the whole thing stopped moving. “BLINK!” Then I stopped moving. I stopped talking. I even stopped narrating the situation. I said to myself, “So, I can’t even think straight.”
“Long ago,” she started. “I created the wall to protect the majestic side. I assumed that all beings would fear it. Clearly, I was wrong. This is hope. It will always be with you and guarantee that the worst will be over.”
“When they got to Earth they ALMOST forgot to put a human costume on! When they put the costumes on, they went to the pet store.”
“As I sat down with my mom and dad, I told them about my dream. My mom’s grin suddenly widened mysteriously, almost like the way Medusa did. “
“Then one of the ghosts said, “Whenever you need help, we will come by. We’ll know because we gave you a special whistle only ghosts and vampires can hear.”
“Next, it was reading time. Lily was talking so loud the, teacher sent her to the principal’s office.
The principal told her to stop bullying and to stop showing off!”
“I did the password to the gate of our school and walked in. And then I slipped on a banana peel, bumped into a wall, and then the ghost took my soul. I drifted into the clouds.”
“The stars stare back at me. My eyes tightly shut. No dreams this time. I wake up for real. I am in a dark hole. Wood outside is around me. I start to bang on it. Nobody opens it. I scream, loud.”
“Mr. Moore was watching in horror as he noticed something terribly wrong. Something very terribly wrong.”
“Then I heard Eleanor scream help from the pool. I looked over and saw Marco pushing her down. She was drowning. I dived into the pool and pulled her out. I touched her heart. It wasn’t beating.”
“As the creature emerged from the pink bushes, she only realized it was her cousin, Tom, who died two years ago. When he saw her, he smiled.
“I thought you would never come,” Tom said.”
“He uses numbers to write. So I go into his folders and try to erase everything before the class starts. He was held back three times by me erasing all his stuff.”
“But the jubilation
goes out.
The world loses
its light.”
“Once upon a time there was a game called The Legend of Games. It was like Minecraft, but cooler.”
“The Kilafricks have feared the Zilaons for 999,999,999 years. The Kilafricks made a deal with the Zilaons that they would stay on their side of the valley if the Zilaons stay on their side of the valley. The Zilaons accepted the deal so that they could have their own part of the valley.”
“Travis sighed, and the words spilled out of his mouth like water from a broken jar. He told them about the sow, about landing onto the middle of the circus arena by chance, and then how he pretended to be the circus tiger he was not.”
“Then they stick their tongue out back at me. I cross my arms and stomp to my room. I pick up my dog and start saying, “I love to sing!” I start singing the ABC’s again and say, “Come on Lila, start singing with me!” but she just barks.”
“I asked him a few more questions about how he created his machine that could create anything, but he doesn’t give me the full answer.
He’s hiding something, I thought.”
” Jasper asked, “Why am I not in the starting lineup?”
“The coach said, “You’re one of our newest players and I think it’d be better to have players with more experience to be starting.”
Jasper said, “I’m better than some of these players, and I can prove it.”
“He stared out of the lava-proof window and looked at the striped red and yellow iron rocket ship pieces floating in space. Jack thought for a moment.
I think I put too much lava in! I have to tell my chief!”
“I used to live with an old man, but he must have abandoned me in a blizzard and now here I am. My top fear is blizzards! One time I got buried inside a snowman when one of my friends was playing with snowballs, and I got trapped inside.”
“7 kittens were in a cardboard box next to a pet shop, and when Katie decided to walk with her 2 white canines, she saw the kittens. “Hey, kitty” whispered Katie. She took one of the kittens from the box and continued, “I’ll name you Jessie.”
“If you came in this future world today you would cry. You would cry for all those who never get to hear I love you, you would cry for all those who want to yell, but they can’t for they are forced to be quiet. And you would sob for the human race, waiting in silence for a single word.”
“But I soon realized that life wasn’t pure happiness. When I tried to visit my neighbors, I couldn’t move! That, I think, was the worst discovery of a lifetime. Even worse, I was only in the world for one day!”
“My Mom came and threw me in the ocean and my Dad came and had to save me. “
“Seth told them that he was going to bring them through a portal, but then he realized something: the portal was too small to hold all of them at the same time.”
“The pizza cats were very, very, very, very boastful. They thought that they should be the only race of food-animal mixes so they declared war on the Penguin Hot Dogs, the Lemon Mice and finally, they declared war on the Taco Dogs.
“The evil spirit wanted revenge and we found out from the records that he was a little boy that was friends with the teacher when they were kids, and he was also bullied like her, and he died in the same car crash that she was in, but they never met each other and were so lonely. “
“Henry and Ulysses bring the President into the Oval Office to escape. Of course the White House has some gadgets, so they press the president’s coffee mug, and a helicopter on a train — that goes underground — pops up after a metro car. “
“She slid the book off the shelf and opened it. Her eyes lit up with excitement! The people were moving on the page.
The librarian came walking behind her. Sam tried to run, but she fell and went in the book.”
“I was worried. If I fell, the bully’s mom would hear him. She would look out the window, see me and I’ll be busted. “
“Put your hands up!” he yelled. I put my hands up and he pushed my body on to the car. He cuffed me and yelled, “Get in the car!” I could tell he was getting frustrated because he kept on yelling. He opened the car door and I jumped in.”
“Mia woke up, the first thing that she saw, were the faces of the people that had kidnapped her.”
“He heard that a few days ago an alien spaceship had crashed into planet Earth. They said that the people in the spaceship were not aliens but they were slender men.”
“My heart broken, I grab the gray-headed mop and prepare a fresh bucket of warm water and soap as my stepmother and stepsisters stride out of the door — well, only Aditha strides. My stepsisters mouth “I’m sorry” as they shuffle out the door to meet the royal carriage.”
“What the GIANT RACCOON was trying to do was make all the raccoons in the world giant so he and his friends could take over the world, make all of humanity be his slave, and take over the entire galaxy.”
“You can’t lock me in here, my shadow will kill me like it did my mom. It follows me everywhere I go! Shadows aren’t supernatural, at least not the ones I’m talking about. They are the ones that need to be in this jail cell, they are the mental ones. They are smart, I don’t know why, and I don’t know why they like murdering people!”
“IT’S THE MOST STRONGEST WEAPON IN THE UNIVERSE!” said Austin with a very red face. Boom! Yellow, disgusting liquid drooled from Steve’s hands to Tyler’s feet. Then he put it in a jar.”
“Buffalo Cow was swimming in the river. Then he lost his energy and fainted in the river. He managed to say one word, “Help!” He screamed with all his might.”
“Do you know what this means if you’re having nightmares about your stepmom?”
“No!” I said. “I have no idea.”
“It means that you don’t want your Dad to get engaged to another woman. It means you still want your mom back!”
“They went to a cafe, and there were terrorists inside. There were hostages inside. There were over 50 hostages. The army set bombs and went to their trucks, and then BOOM!”
Due to limited formatting, we have supplied a link to the author’s piece below. Enjoy! Copy of Big Dude’s Escape (by Minal Shaman)
“Jason,” my fake mom says, “I made pancakes.” Her voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard.
“This isn’t real!” I yell. I run faster until trip on something. Then I’m falling again into the black nothingness.
Beep…beep…beep, a monitor reads. “