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10-11
The Lost Mom of the 3 Worlds
Olive Allen
The Picture
Samrajya Singh
A Teacher’s Worst Day EVER!
Eleanor Pitchal
Green
Short Horror Stories About Random Stuff
Madeline Fatula
06-79: A Story of An Experiment and Her Great Escape
Harper Nee
Ish’s spy Adventure
Lucas Yan
Magical Life, Chapter One: Seeking Back Story
Benji Schlatter
Bump
Lexi Scheer
Dead Hollow Grave
Theo Kern
GLaDOS Might Not Be the “Bad Guy”
Dean Kedem
Boogaloo
Ruby A. Schneider
Dancing
Ruby A. Schneider
Time for Turkey
Harlan Kogan
Ditched
Sophie Roberts
Dimension 96: Chapter 1
Arden Yu
Quantum Computing Pros: Power, Medical, and Cybersecurity
Dean Kedem
Cryptography Through The Ages
Maya Kedem
The Person in the Well
Ela Ager
The Wrong Mom
Ayana Alamgir
Looking
Adam Bellows
One and One Blackbirds
Adam Bellows
Three talons of the stars: The start of the adventure
Alana Fan
The Heist
Mark Taylor
The Hawk and the Clover
Veer Bhandare
A Crack in the Walls
Josephine (Jojo) Winter
Clouds
Quincy Nielsen
My Life With Tourette’s
Bruce Rutherford
Jeremiah’s Musical
Wenlan Yeh
Family, Books, Life
A New Generation Of Skulls
Rohan Tatlow
From Earth to Mars
The Weeping Willow
Sarah Kronley
Things of the Lost River
Thea Conole
Breakaway
Tess Eller
Three Fingers
Samantha McCulloch
BREAKING FREE
Asha Rehman
Katie and Her Pillow Adventure
Maya Marrero
ESSAY ON NATURE
Audrey Nevins
Grimm Getaway
Margo Schwartz
Chapter 5, The Vanishing City
Scarlett Kahn
The Adventures of the Super Team #1
Arjun Sarin Pradhan, age 10
The Elf Story
Arjun Sarin Pradhan, age 10
A Man of Dreams
Sol Chung, age 10
Escaping from Alcatraz
Evan Won, age 10
Sail
Sol Chung, age 10
Child Writing Concerns
Maya Kedem, age 10
Why Standardized Testing Is Unfair
Dean Kedem, age 10
Minli’s Special Ingredient
Lucy Liles, age 10
The Glowing Snow
Spark, age 10
Spring Has Sprung
Eleanor Charles, age 10
McLaren Team
Dylan Wright, age 10
Acornburg
Cora Nelson, age 10
Driving Blind
Analía Rivera, age 11
Hanukkah Joys
Daniela Avrekh, age 10
Demon Killer
Calla Wetstone, age 11
Mr. Puppy Face Goes to School
Matilda Magaldi, age 10
Thief
Serena, age 10
Fire – A Poem Collection
Daniela Avrekh, age 10
The Very Mysterious Story
Calla Wetstone, age 11
The Opposite of The Little Mermaid
Stella J. Magaldi, age 10
Roster the Puppy
Bea Wetstone, age 11
001
Maya Wang-Habib, age 11
The Cursed Coin
Leah V., age 10
I Die Again
Roxana Margulis, age 10
Champion Island
Aaron García Haddad, age 10
The Normal Elf
Michaela Koeva Brooks, age 10
The Dark Spirit of the Enchanted Trampoline Park, Book 1: Captured!
Miya Bishop, age 10
Into the Fairy Realm
Rebecca Pan, age 11
The Magical Orb of Shaddowtown
Adele Chalamish, age 10
Tails Be Lost
Hudzen, age 10
Elena & Hercules
Penelope Taylor, age 11
Sunshine and Shadows
Lavinia Pitts, age 11
Penguin
Annabel Kleinknecht, age 11
Central Park
Lisa, age 11
Window to the Future
Daniela Avrekh, age 10
Covid-19
Siennie Assegid, age 10
Growing Up
Jojo W., age 10
Home Poem
Yasmina Abbadi, age 11
Interesting Topics
Serena ZHU, age 10
The Three Adventurers and the Big Monster
Sydney McCraw, age 10
Biomes Out of the Box
Ravi Gupta, age 10
The Grain
Maya, age 10
Flee From the Fur
Zohra Ransom, age 10
The Spoiled Rich Brat
Grace Chen, age 10
Death, Love, Magic
Annabel Kleinknecht, age 11
Adapting to Life
Jonathan Zhang, age 10
Found But Forgotten
Ren L., age 10
Treasure Map
Gabriel Gordon, age 11
Kenzie’s Failing School
Anna Xu, age 10
Axe
Eileen Sofia, age 10
Let It Out
Troi G., age 10
Wolf Quest — A Breeze Acoming – Book 1 –Wind’s Crossing
Lillia Erdman, age 11
Friends
Young Talent, age 11
Why We Shouldn’t Have Borders
Clyde Brittelle, age 10
The Blue Bunny
Obed Otto, age 10
Spring
Lark, age 10
Tuck’s Grand Adventure
Lark, age 10
The Afterthen
Sydney O, age 10
Aunt Marge’s dream
Sabine Song, age 11
A Day of Inspiration
by Aliyah Daley-Reinisch, age 11
Ultraviolet & Infrared
by Obed Otto, age 10
The Moon
Laila Menai-Duarte, age 10
Masks
Skylar S Rosado, age 11
The First Place Winner
Ellie Plitas, age 11
B-day Celebrations
Anna Xu, age 10
Stolen
Anali, age 10
The Isolation Experiment
Nola Baldassare, age 10
The Little Mushroom
Ricky, age 11
Hair to Fire, Fire to Hair
Ilan Rosenstock, age 11
City of the Forgotten People
Magdalena Berthiaume, age 11
City in the Sky
Milan Seeff, age 10
Black Magic
Athena Patrickios, age 11
A Kid Can Face War
Amy Martinez Calero, age 11
Being a Gumball
Michelle Shi, age 11
Why School Should be Shorter
Younus Sultan, age 10
Don’t Take the Best of Me
Maya Martinez, age 11
From the U.S. to Japan
Gabe Boorstein-Foss, age 11
Lucy the Teacup
Skylar Rosado, age 11
The Creature
Nasheeta Rahman, age 11
LOST
Hunter Liss, age 11
The Escapists
Emma B., age 10
Grades
by Amogh Akella, age 11
Bob
by Maya Graff, age 11
Racism by Cops
by Kofi Asante-Abedi, age 11
The Crazy Meatball Incident
by Cameron Dibadj, age 10
The Value of a Trophy
by Olivia Xu, age 11
Where Have All The Goslings Gone?
by Anonymous, age 11
UFO Universe
by Ava McLaughlin, age 10
The Doll
by Stella Brothers, age 11
The 2 Cat and 1 Monkey Friend
by Joe Mendoza, age 10
My Journal
by Kevin Mendoza, age 10
Granny
by Julia Rosenthal, age 9
Scary and Short Stories
by Manuela Concha, age 10
Dragon Story
by Ellie, age 10
The Unicorns and One Pony
by Sophie, age 10
Obsessions
by Ellie Newton, age 10
Straws Are Bad
by London Schuman, age 10
CATS
by Maya Cohen, age 10
Blue’s Story : A Novel By Mae Benne
by Mae Benne, age 11
Sylvia and the Wishing Tree
by Zoya Sarangan, age 11
Handcuffs
by Christina Merikas, age 10
December 19th
by Caroline Kollander, age 10
Unicorn
by Ellie Plitas, age 10
The Adventures of Julia and Lucia
by Sophie Plitas, age 10
Roman Story
by Leon Hecker, age 10
Chalk
by Sylvie Holder-Foster, age 10
RANDOM (Ridiculously Awesome Neatly Done Ominus Man)
by Zahir Chappelle, age 11
Jamie and the Swallow Nest
Analise Chen, age 11
Bad Guys Never Win
by Lanai Blake-Soden, age 11
The Unfortunate Tale of Mr. Dirk Chepe
by Hannah Hiller, age 11
Poems
by Nathan Bachmann, age 11
The Thought Trilogy
by Jack Beauclair, age 11
2063
by Magnus Nesdale, age 11
Lost in Time
by Shawn Qiu, age 11
Cookie the Bear
by Isabella Paredes, age 11
Agent Puppy
by Alejandra, age 11
Sins and Crimes
by Zoe Becker, age 11
Spring
by Emily Cornier-Lugo, age 10
The House
by Henry Cornier-Lugo, age 11
Short story made after a lot of begging
by Sahn Choi, age 10
Mermaid…Unicorn…Cat
by Parker, age 10
HE. MAY. GO. ALL. THE. WAY!
by Nikhil Rughwani, age 10
Life of a Boy with Powers
by Leo, age 10
A New Kind of Freedom
by Claire HB, age 11
World of Women
by Lily Martin, age 10
Secrets in the Shadows
by Beatrix Gruver, age 10
Lost in the Forest
by Teresa Dean, age 11
A Bad Month to be a Turkey
by Gabe Horowitz, age 10
Lost
by Lily Brady, age 10
The Corrupted Candyland
by Hannah Hiller, age 10
Park Poems
by Colette Wang, age 11
My Life in the Birchwood Forest
by Lilla Burke, age 10
Death Escape
by SC, age 11
Fend For Yourself
by Jane Cooper, age 11
Night in the Grocery Store
by Yian Zhao, age 10
New York City
by Mia G. Desai, age 11
Toast
by JX, age 10
Natasha
by Livia K, age 11
Nothing But Nonsense
by Leslie Gill, age 11
Magic
by Jordan Tsao, age 10
Princessa
by Sama Daga, age 11
The Great Big Ocean
by Anushka Ring, age 10
Endor’s Life
by Alan Medina, age 11
Far from Normal
by Elan Wang, age 10
Just Edward
by Oliver Sterling, age 11
Carter & His Mad Lunchbox
by Chloe C., age 11
The Flower of Cator
by Michelle Lee, age 11
The Adventures of Chester Lansbury
by Gala, age 11
Fighting For Health
by Lily, age 11
Molly’s Birthday
by Karla, age 11
Experiment Gone Wrong
by Tori Kim, age 10
My Most Important Object
by Gustavo Martinez, age 11
Treating Things with Respect
by Luis M., age 11
Elijah’s Memoir
by Elijah Placide, age 10
The Woman
by Journe’ih Sultan, age 11
The Princess’s Daughter
by Evangeline D’Amico-Fernandez, age 10
The Wise Old Tree
by Joah Karnik Kraft, age 11
The Sacrifice of Traxon Laxon
by Anonymous, age 11
My Bracelet
by Mel, age 11
The Last Wizard
by Olivia English, age 10
Berniece and her Amazing Adventures
by Kayla, age 11
Advice of the Century
by Sama Daga, age 11
The Night of The Halloween Fair
by Ashwin Pathiyal, age 10
When You’re Poor and You Still Live In Your Parent’s Basement When You’re Thirty: Enter the Whipped Cream Contest
by Aditya Pathiyal, age 10
Cakes, Tennis, and Moving!
by Aditya, age 10
How I Write
by Nabiha Islam, age 10
Hurricane
by Kayman Mangan, age 11
Jason Lesley Mason
by Juliana Leb, age 10
Bloody Mary
by Amélie Stambouli, age 10
THE BEST PLAY EVER
by Natalia Marquez and Audrey Grueber-Hoang, age 11
Far From Home Plate
by Juniper Brinegar, age 10
A Painted Life
by Sobee, age 11
Anything for Bacon
by Charlotte Symons, age 11
Riot
by Eli Leichter Wilson, age 11
Bird Over Dove
by Phoebe Dowling, age 10
Endangered Turtles
by Emily Rose, age 11
Pink
by Chloe Lee, age 11
Waking up and falling asleep
by Chloe Lee, age 11
The Plantation
by Phoebe Dowling, age 10
4012
by Maya, age 11
Sugar on Her Quest
by Ellie, age 10
The Not-So-Ordinary Hero
by Evangeline Flynn, age 10
Save Natural Resources – Before It Is Too Late!
by Yifei Liu, age 10
Nogill Origin Story
by Ricky Washington, age 10
Help the Animals
by Sophia Kohler, age 10
Hidden Under
by Grace Koch, age 11
Another Year Without You
by Sabine P-J, age 10
Portal
by Kathryn Grant, age 10
Detective Frog
by Noah Kelkar, age 10
Love
by Teia Bouganim, age 10
Jack’s Saviors
by Amelie Rose Miller, age 10
Funtime Foxy Gets A New Pet
by Kala Jordan-West, age 10
Shoes
by Hudson Zimmerman, age 10
Amber Diaries
by Catalina Guzman-Charleston, age 10
The Anderson Sisters
by Allegra M., age 10
AL the Alien
by Noah, age 10
Glooey Glob the Alien
by Arthur LD, age 11
Olivia Kokoefer
by Anonymous, age 11
the big issue
by David Etra, age 10
Cloudy With a Chance of War
by Maximilian Riccardi, age 10
What Happened?
by Leila Cisse, age 11
Swish!
by Nikhil Roy, age 11
Cat The Cat!
by Kala Jordan-West, age 10
The Dark Lord and the Prince
by Elias Chatzicharalampous, age 11
Cinnamon’s Story
by Ariadne T.C., age 10
The Pearl Necklace
by Ava Pennachio, age 11
Looking For Joy
by Siroos Pasdar, age 10
Coke
by Hudson Zimmerman, age 10
Just a Nightmare
by Emilio, age 10
Little Short Nuggets of Life
by Eli Leichter Wilson, age 11
the man in a bird suit that hardly looked like a bird. but i shot it down anyway. like a bird.
by Scarlett Simpson, age 10
Sharpclaw (Chapter One)
by Kai Tschopp, age 10
Art
by Meena Kodali, age 10
The Lost Princesses
by Danielle Alcantara, age 11
The So-Called First Book of Stickman
by Waylon Tse, age 10
The Stolen Diamond
by Niko, age 11
3041
by Maddie L, age 11
Unicorn Academy
by Catalina Guzman-Charleston, age 10
The Crime Kitty
by Isabella P., age 11
The Adventures of UNICAT!
by Alejandra P., age 11
The Classroom Escapade
by Remi Steele, age 10
Lily Big Help and Her Idea
by Allison R. Santana Carreno, age 10
Another Life
by Riya Undavia, age 11
Panda Spies
by Kona Sullivan, age 10
Untitled
by Anabelle Wong, age 10
Emma Williams
by Isabel Brewer, age 10
Circus of Talents
by Ciri Perlstein, age 11
Clueless
by Sole Cook, age 11
The Adventures of the Cat Club
by Georgia, age 11
Santa
by Kai Tschopp, age 10
Journey to the Heavens
by Zoya Sarangan, age 10
Pack
by Teia Bouganim, age 10
Monodogs
by Aleena, age 10
What Blood Can Do
by Gaia Wude Treglia, age 10
Beauty at Its Finest
by Gabbie, age 11
Lost in Outer Space
by Maria Gia-Bao Cordova, age 10
Is a Kiss Just a Kiss?
by Riley H, age 10
Under The Same Stars
by Lelia Washburn, age 10
Christmas Eve Tree
by Cassie, age 10
The Dryplace
by Sophie Allen, age 11
Pencils and Alligators
by Willow Kedem Kaplan, age 11
Looking For Joy
by Siroos Pasdar, age 10
The Bored Hero
by Kazimir Bobrowski Wang, age 11
Pig Island
by Piper Kennedy, age 10
The Legendary Monument
by Aleena, age 10
Tasty
by Layla, age 11
I Am Not Friends With My Nose Anymore
by Harry Eichelberger, age 11
Allergens
by Dalia Mullens, age 11
My Sacred Friend
by Claire Lee, age 11
Winter and Scott
by EmmaLina Eckstein, age 10
Bick the Cat
by Luli Galinson, age 10
PLANES: Chapter One
by Anonymous, age 10
Dear Diary, “Amelie”
by Anabelle Wong, age 10
Elephant
by Rafael Goldman-Kunin, age 11
Corn Nut the Chipmunk
by Gabriela Gauna-Torres, age 10
Killer Refrigerator
by Toma Jackson, age 11
Diary of a 10-year-old Artist
by Jack Beauclair, age 10
Busch Gardens
by Marlo Feldman, age 10
The Life of Ash
by Henry Quinn, age 10
