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6-9
Salamander
by Dalia Mullens, age 9
Summer
by Daniela R. Thomas, age 6
The Quiet River Whispers to Me
by Maya Angiello, age 7
The Three Witches
by Madison Mailutha, age 7
Beaver and the Great Days
by Amelia Khemani, age 8
Waiting For Spring
by Jeeya Deepak Ballaney, age 7
Behind That Door…
by Mia Bauernebel, age 9
T-Shirt Trouble
by Luca F., age 8
Pokemon Showdown is Life
by NBZ, age 8 and David M., age 8
The Girl, the Grandma Ghost, and the Goblin
by Sophia Backer, age 7
Today At
by Ean Rashid, age 7
Alison the Mermaid
by Arie, age 7
Booger and Booger, Jr.
by Henry Melmed, age 9
Penny Tree
by Noa K, age 8
The Three Teddy Bears
by Samantha Li, age 8
Jewelry
by Grace Zhang, age 7
Helena the Husky Goes Camping
by Gabriella M., age 9
A Trip to Colombia
by David Moreno, age 8
Lucy the Pegasus (Part One)
by Sanaa Huda, age 9
Sports Acrostic
by Rishad V., age 9
Art
by Rashna V., age 9
Happy Birthday Suzy Walter!
by Leila Cisse, age 9
Super Mouse and the Diamond Thief
by Dean Gabai, age 8
Dying Wolf (a sestina)
by Aoife O'Connell, age 9
Cutie, Harry, & Friends
by Addy, age 8
Octopus
by Anonymous, age 8
Finley’s First Day of School
by Maya Mera, age 7
One Hundred Years Ago
by Anabel A., age 8
The Crime
by Om Sanan, age 9
Lucy and Her Friends
by DPK, age 9
The Starving Dinosaur
by Sage Abbey, age 8
Pac-Man is HERE
by Aliya, age 9
The Mysteries of the Magic Pencil
by Sameer Gupta, age 9
Helena the Husky: A Diary
by Gabriella M., age 9
The Crazy Adventure
by Alisha, age 9
The Day the Crayons Went to the Moon
by Ido Shalev, age 8
All About My Family
by Alma Elli Shalev, age 6
Owlette and Sugar
by Gianna Scherma-Todaro, age 8
Mr. MacaroonVoh
by Jeeya Deepak Ballaney, age 7
Bensy and His Quest
by Hugh Vickery, age 9
The Cyclone and the Beach
by Seth Huse, age 9
Birdie and the Great Days
by Amelia K., age 8
Ali’s Birds
by Tamar Koren, age 7
The Diary Adventure
by Anav Ahaan Arora, age 8
Mr. Maniac
by Eshaan Dangayach, age 8
The Meteor
by Eavan Anderson, age 9
Madison the Writing Fairy
by Rachel, age 8
The Ghost
by Madhav, age 9
I Heard a Noise
by Talia Walsh, age 9
Questions
by Madhav, age 9
Queep!
by Dalia Mullens, age 9
The Two Friends
by Isaac Lazaroff, age 9
My Pet’s Life: A Series
Eshan Sharma
Alaskabama
Hannah Diker
The Tale of the Alien and the Human
Mia Dorman
Magic is Really Real
Hannah Shahidi
The Other Side of Me
Anonymous
Diary of a Shy Girl
Rose Sussmann
Ellen
Odessa Kanarick
The Future Earth’s Concrete Takeover
Maya Giordano
Just Run
Olly Coward
Glitter and the Magical Fig, Part 1
Olivia Dewar
The Alien Invasion
Liam S.
Boing and the Evil Noodles
Eliza Treuhaft
Unknown Worlds
Ram Bhaman
Animals Running Away
Gabe Valencia
Marigold and Luki-luki
Izzy C.
The Goblet of Doom
Lilly Gordon
Gummy Wars
Mira S.
The Turtle’s Adventures with Friends
Amelia Santos
The Weird Things
Caden Lewis-Shickman
Undaunted Courage
Aaron Gao
Michael Gets Sucked Into A Game
Christopher Wang
Long Live King George!
Lila Wattenberg
Travels in Time: Rosie in the Revolution
Jade Kraut
Funny Culprits
Evelyn Worcester
Cinderella
Caroline Dupree
Jungle Story
Dea Yavich
Quest for the Overworld
Haohan Sima
The Witch of Staten Island
ZZ
Hawaii Gone Bad
Imogen
The Day That Jack Ran Away
Estela Ramos
An Intruder Mystery
Aarushi Kanigicherla
The Mysterious Box
Sophia Glasson
Tooth Fairy Trouble
Ellanie Fernandez
COP CHASE!!
Sam Zwick-Lavinsky
Aliens At Mars
Anonymous
Cookie Dough’s Adventures in the Bedroom
Liam Oliver
The Weird Week
Belen Haro
Pointy
Camille Davis
The Adventure of Christian and the Ancient Tour Guide
Mina
The Weird Potion
Fiona
Harry Potter
Ella
Lost/The Lucky Quarter
Asha Tallapragada
The One-Dollar Bill
Nyla Blake-Soden
Days on Pages
Nick Jumper
Tales of a Toad
Madeleine Ford
The Dead Chicken
Odessa Kanarick
Going
Yazmine Geula
A TV Detective
Rashna Vaghaiwalla
Middle School, My Terrible Luck
Fatima Fofana
The New Dentist (Part II)
Ellie K.
Zoe
Leila Cisse
Gummies in Times
Jessie Mitnick
The New Dentist (Part I)
Ellie K.
The One and the Best Girl: Books IV and V
Hudson Graybill
The Peculiar Elephant
Caitlyn Yang
Louie
Ruby Oriol
Unordinary
Amina Fofana
Untitled
Sienna Lee
The Magic Flower
Maya Inal
Zachary and All of His Adventures
Zachary Ishibashi
The Thief
Nathaniel Shalam
Emoji Sisters
Leah Marquardt
The Missing Parrot
Cat Tran
Fred the Penguin
D. Clark
The Poison Hotdog
Jacqueline Rose
Animal Story
Aliya Raofield
Sunflowers
Alexandra
Linsay the Dragon’s Adventures in Fairyland, Part 1: The Only Dragon Left in the World
Jisu Yee
A Jail Play
Gabrielle
Rainbow’s Adventure
Sophia Houck
The Blood Bone
Luke Avalon Williams
Gem Stones
Rashna Vaghaiwalla
A Tall Disaster
Rishad Vaghaiwalla
The Boy Who Discovered Life
Danil Slater
The Mysterious Monster
Anonymous
Forever in My Heart
Yesenia
The Suitcase in the Library
Shiri Podhoretz
The Middle
Colton Rooney
Spat’s Big Adventure
Yazmine Geula
Piano Lessons
Alexandra
Inspired by Monet
Parker Yates
One Day 3 Million Trillion People Died
Eitan S.
My Move
By Sophia Birman, age 8
A Second Chance
By Summer Boxer, age 8
Atlas
By Andrew Chen, age 9
The Necklace Chase
By B. A., age 9
The Banana’s Life Change
By Martin M., age 9
Kitties
By Isabella, age 8
The Drum Set
By Messi Berko, age 9
Spring
By Alejandra, age 8
Star, My Doll
By Zalah Blount, age 7
The Titanic
By Viraat, age 7
Thanksgiving Turkey
By Leyna Amin, age 9
Ogre and Sophie and Most of All Sophia
By Charrise Cheung, age 7
The Ice Cream Monster
By Pablo Mendoza, age 7
The Adventures of Digger and Scrappy
By Amelia Khemani, age 7
Dream Country
By Chloe Zhou, age 7
Never Betray Someone
By Matthew Diaz, age 8
A Vehicle That Can Fly: The War Against Syria
By NBZ, age 7
Flowers
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Opposites
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Thinking
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Sunshine
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Bubbles
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Happy
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
The Sun
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
The Wind
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Wonder
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Candy
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Creme Brulee
By Niamh Flynn-Niedner, age 9
Trees
By Georgia L., age 7
The One and the Best Girl: Book III
By Hudson Graybill, age 8
The One and the Best Girl: Book II
By Hudson Graybill, age 8
The One and the Best Girl: Book I
By Hudson Graybill, age 8
Pete the Pirate Cat and Charlotte
By Nalani Reed, age 8
Sucked In
By Elliana Lilling, age 9
Birds
By Tatum Z., age 8
Haunted House
By Ambrocio Mendoza, age 7
Battle of Revenge II: Traitors
By Diego Gonzalez Garcia-Torres, age 9
I Can’t Remember the Last Time I Used a Tissue
By Abe Effress, age 9
My Home
By Tatum Z., age 8
Kitty Ranchero’s Adventures
By Layla Andrade Lantz, age 8
Diary of a Rebel
By Ruby Addie, age 9
The Facts I Learned About Jupiter
By Reese Z., age 8
Hummingbird
By Ruby Addie, age 9
The Town of Randomness
By Abe Effress, age 9
The Big Crystal
By Gianna, age 7
The Amazing Adventure of Bob
By Liam W. Lui Martin, age 7
I Never Wanted a Coffee Shop
By Sofia Gonzalez, age 8
Omar’s Great Adventure
By Aman, age 7
How Burritos Came To Be
By Lela Gavasheli, age 9
Prince Almando
By Cleo Saltz, age 9
The Life Cycle
By Ila, age 7
The Video Game
By Noah Um, age 9
Becky’s Diary
By So-Ahn Kieffer-Kwon, age 9
Fawn
By Sheena Bakare, age 9
Marker the Marker
By Noah Granada, age 7
And His Name is John Cena
By Grant P., age 9
The Trip
By Adhvika Karthik, age 9
Buzzer’s Adventure
By Alex S., age 8
Pink Is Pretty
By Anonymous
Caribbean Adventure
By Aaron Gao, age 9
Madison and Mousey
By Rachel Alcazar, age 9
A Halloween Story: Series 2
By Christina, age 8
The Living Fart
By Miles K., age 9
Saving Dad
By Alisha Tomashevsky, age 8
How Humans Were Made
By Eve Robin Kaplan, age 9
Annie’s Time Machine
By Caroline Carr, age 8
Hamsterly Ever After
By Kate Lee, age 6
Autumn Tree
By Alessandra Cipollone, Age 9
Atlas
By Andrew Chen, age 9
Switching Sides
By Grace Alpern, age 9
Greek Gods
By Luca O, age 9
Elimination
By Katherine F. age 9
Rusty
By Eve Root, age 9
The Quest to stop the monsters
By Aaron Gao, age 9
I NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!
By Noah Um, age 9
Nameless the Blameless & Congress
By Gabe Schierkolk, age 8
Elliot’s Adventure
By Romi Drubetskoy, Age 9
SAM’S BIG ADVENTURE [ + the mailman ]
By Dalya Shaman, age 7
The Bullying Lily
By Alisha T, age 8
A Halloween Story
By Christina M, age 8
Gone, the Eraser
By Rafael Luttmann, age 9
Rusted tin cottage
By Kai-Shan Kwek-Rupp, age 9
The Legend of Games
By Haeun Kang, age 8
Qwercle’s Journey
By Lila Harris-Franks, age 8
Leila’s story
By Leila Cisse, age 8
A Great Basketball Season
By Ryan, age 8
SPACE ADVENTURE!
By Alex, age 7
A Dogs Story
By Cana Yao, age 7
Jessie
By Nicole, age 9
Jack-o-lantern
By Maddy, age 8
Gabriel’s story
By Gabe, age 7
The Adventures of Taco Dog
By Wolf C, age 9
The Minecraft Cheater
By Maxwell Berkow, age 9
Andrew’s Story
By Andrew Gu, age 10
Max’s Story
By Maxwell Berko, age 9
Native American Legend
By Xuming Li, age 9
My Big Family
By Avery Sohn, age 9
The Army
By Mark Pena, age 8
The Caught Happy and Sad
By Arthur Caer, age 9
The Day in Space
by Lena Gore, age 9
Tiger Girl
by Sheena Bakare, age 8
WW10
by Truman Muffett, age 7
Watermelon
by Alexander Harris, age 9
Valley Crescent’s Discovery: Book 1
by Asha Tallapragada, age 7
Valetr Valr Vapr
by Angeliki, age 6
Two Against One (Excerpt)
by JCG, age 9
Unicorn Rapunzel
by Rachel Abulafia, age 9
To The Moon
by Casey Macron-Davis, age 9
Tom Anderson
by Aayan Mittal, age 8
Three Fun Stories
By Savnika T, age 8
The Werewolf
by Demetri, age 8
The Werewolf
by Olivia Waymer, age 9
The Stray Cat!
by Mia B, age 8
The Soccer Tournament
by Spencer Eng, age 9
The Sound of Silence
by Truman Muffett, age 7
The Secret World
by Maya Zervigon, age 9
THE SCREAMING KILLER
by Lucien Shih, age 9
The Rice Krispie Treat
by Maya, age 7
The Rainy Day
by Bret Glasser, age 7
The Race
by GR, age 8
The Park Adventure
by Devan Soni, age 7
The Perfect Pet
by BSG, age 9
The Paint Bomb Attack
by Emily Wang, age 8
The Mystery of the Black Figures
Ameneh Vaskio, age 8
The Nerd Clan
by Isioma Okoh, age 9
The Main Murder
by Soa Andria, age 8
The Mixed-Up Poem
by Sonya, age 7
The Mysterious Bully in School
by Angela Ortiz, age 7
The Magical Journey
by Mariam Choudri, age 9
The Long Walk
by Nellie, age 7
The Little Light
by Penelope Sheer, age 9
The Kid Who Tried To Get A Concussion
by Langdon Ottman, age 9
The Ice Key
by Big Ben, age 9
The Ice Princess
by Ariana Alban Martinez, age 9
The House Brain Gives Baby Trap Troubles for the Jedis and the Adam’s Family
by Rossi, age 8
The Fish
by Kuipi Lam, age 8
The Girl Who Could Run Like The Wind
by Leah, age 8
The Four Powers: Chapter 2
by Matthieu Choueiri, age 9
The Evil Land
by Brianna Finnegan, age 11
The China Bunny
by Anonymous, age 8
The Cruise
by Sylvie Pearl Gross, age 9
The Christmas Portal
by Aiki, age 9
The Boy Named Dave
by Beauty Davis Hurley, age 7
The Bird and the Worm
by Char-Char, age 8
The Battle of Hope
by Emma Crick, age 7
The Balloon
by Sonya, age 7
The Abandoned Queen
by Ansh More, age 8
Swirls of Color
by Kayla Aldahondo, age 9
The Adventures of Fluffy and Fluff Ball
by Miles Brewster, age 8
Surprise!
by Francesca, age 8
Stupid Cow – A Play
by Owen Harris Sade, age 8, and Gabe Schierkolk, age 8
SOUP TIME!
by Lee Walker Watson, age 9
Sofia’s Quest
by Alexa H, age 9
Small Internet Rhyme
by Dashiell Fisher, age 8
Portal to Pluto
by Jeffrey Kunzweiler, age 8
Popsicle Poem
by Sarah MacGhee, age 9
Phoebe
by Grace Punzalan, age 8
Pinky’s Adventure in Different Dimensions
by Sam Zwick-Lavinsky, age 8
Phil
by Colton Rooney, age 8
Paperback Writer
by Brenden Hofman, age 8
Old Man
by Jackson L, age 8
Monster
by Milla Duca, age 8
Monkey Do and His Family
by Nelson Liu, age 8
Max’s Talent
by Lucas Cerwinski, age 9
Mermaid’s Adventure
by Audrey, age 8
Marshmallows
by Ameneh Vaskio, age 8
