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A Bad Month to be a Turkey
by Gabe Horowitz, age 10
The Legend of the Fortune Town
by Arjun Giridhar, age 7
Lost
by Lily Brady, age 10
The Corrupted Candyland
by Hannah Hiller, age 10
The Rocket Jet Car
by Ian R., age 8
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
Abandon School
by Talia Leibowitz, age 9
Sareen the Blanket Girl
by Sareen, age 7
The Day You Die
by Siena, age 8
Tsega Goes to the Waterpark
by Tsega R., age 7
Moving to the Farm
by Charlotte Qui, age 8
Night in the Grocery Store
by Yian Zhao, age 10
The Cat World
by Clovis Arteta-Chevalier, age 8
the psycho banana man 1
by Molly Langevin, age 9
A Pig Stuck in an Elevator
by Carol Wu, age 8
Mr. Pink Giraffe and His Mansion
by Jack Nassiri, age 9
The Pizza Monster
by Nael Gebermichael, age 8
Toast
by JX, age 10
The Stupid Pig
by Alfred Ji, age 9
Natasha
by Livia K, age 11
Freedom for Dragons
by Brendan, age 9
Nothing But Nonsense
by Leslie Gill, age 11
The Blackout
by Charlotte Qiu, age 8
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
The Hair Salon
by Amelie Thiers, age 7
Far from Normal
by Elan Wang, age 10
Just Edward
by Oliver Sterling, age 11
Arstina and the Shadow King
by Maya Wang-Habib, age 8
Maybe Sorta Kinda Grounded
by Ahana, age 8
Bep-Bop’s Shopping List
by Dean Kedem, age 7
Carter & His Mad Lunchbox
by Chloe C., age 11
The Flower of Cator
by Michelle Lee, age 11
Mirror Life of the Sun Goddess
by Micheala Koeva-Brooks, age 8
The Adventures of Chester Lansbury
by Gala, age 11
Fighting For Health
by Lily, age 11
The Ghost
by Paloma Garg, age 8
The Mystery of the Missing Egg
by Nicola Chan, age 8
Molly’s Birthday
by Karla, age 11
Experiment Gone Wrong
by Tori Kim, age 10
Funky Fairytales 2: The Galaxy Switch, V. 1
by Gabriella M., age 9
The Woman
by Journe’ih Sultan, age 11
Escape from the Ant Farm
by Maya Wang-Habib, age 8
The Princess’s Daughter
by Evangeline D’Amico-Fernandez, age 10
The Sacrifice of Traxon Laxon
by Anonymous, age 11
The Last Wizard
by Olivia English, age 10
Berniece and her Amazing Adventures
by Kayla, age 11
Lefty
by Aidan N. Wild, age 9
The Cupcake and the Jelly
by I.M. Unknown, age 9
The Night of The Halloween Fair
by Ashwin Pathiyal, age 10
All About the Oceans and Reefs
Blake Lee, age 6
Toyland
by Lucas Lee, age 6
Mr. Eel’s Revenge
by Alexander Cameron Winyard, age 7
Cardinal the Kitten
by Wren, age 7
The Dolphin’s Adventure
by Ella S., age 7
Cakes, Tennis, and Moving!
by Aditya, age 10
Hurricane
by Kayman Mangan, age 11
Jason Lesley Mason
by Juliana Leb, age 10
Bloody Mary
by Amélie Stambouli, age 10
Pilla and Pimilla
by Maya Shah, age 9
Far From Home Plate
by Juniper Brinegar, age 10
A Painted Life
by Sobee, age 11
The Gingerbread Man
by Thalia Eve, age 7
The Cheetah Who Loved Coca-Cola
by Hadrian Stewart, age 7
Anything for Bacon
by Charlotte Symons, age 11
The Cow-Pocolips
by Tilly Salgo, age 8
The Calf Who Lost Her Mom
by Tony Zheng, age 9
Riot
by Eli Leichter Wilson, age 11
The War
by Leon, age 8
The Mess
by Anonymous, age 8
Sprinkles the Donut
by Lucia Smith, age 8
The Cupcake and the Cake
by Emma Wang, age 8
The Days at the Museum
by Matthew, age 8
Three Fingers
by Samantha Lynn McCulloch, age 8
The Fire Breathing Flying Cow and the Cake and Cat
by Liliana (Lily) Wu, age 8
The Plantation
by Phoebe Dowling, age 10
4012
by Maya, age 11
Sugar on Her Quest
by Ellie, age 10
Blobby’s Problem
by Oliver, age 8
Lightning Thunder
by Charlotte Berenbom, age 7
The Not-So-Ordinary Hero
by Evangeline Flynn, age 10
Nogill Origin Story
by Ricky Washington, 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
Appalled at the Art Museum
by Ike Smith, age 7
Love
by Teia Bouganim, age 10
Jack’s Saviors
by Amelie Rose Miller, age 10
The Time When Unicorns Existed, or Shall I Say the Time When I Got Famous, or Maybe Not
by Ruqayyah Osman, age 8
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
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
The Story About How A Banana’s Face Got Peeled Off
by Maria Guzman-Charleston, age 7
Tsunami Boy
by E. C. Justice, age 9
Looking For Joy
by Siroos Pasdar, age 10
Goo Goo’s Story
by Marielle P. Mignone-Sankoorikal, age 6
Just a Nightmare
by Emilio, age 10
Spell Casters
by Ian Nguyen, age 9
The Road Boys: The Halloween Mystery
by Ido, age 9
The Road Boys: The Labor Day Mystery
by Nikan, age 9
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
The Fennec Fox and the Clouded Leopard
by Alexander Cao, age 8
Ketchup Pool
by Lucas Castillo, age 6
The Gingerbread Man
by Ruqayyah Osman, age 8
The Game Show
by Joaquim ADP, age 8
Aliens Living on Mars
by MacHenry, age 8
Lea’s Unicorn (Books One and Two)
by Cameron Green, age 9
Gummy Bears V.S. Pirates
by Alexander Cameron Winyard, age 7
The Lost Princesses
by Danielle Alcantara, age 11
Went to the Movies
by Lindeng Shen, age 7
The So-Called First Book of Stickman
by Waylon Tse, age 10
The Stolen Diamond
by Niko, age 11
Trumpet
by Lucas Lee, age 6
The Humbug
by Andrew Wu, age 9
3041
by Maddie L, age 11
A Bad Day (Kinda)
by Everett Chen, age 9
Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows
by Sydney, age 8
Unicorn Academy
by Catalina Guzman-Charleston, age 10
Journey to the Rest of the Universe
by Masua Chaiken, age 8
The Mom and the Sweetie and the Dad
by Alexa Taveras, age 7
The Rabbit and Her Mom
by Abigail Urvat Balaj, age 6
The Crime Kitty
by Isabella P., age 11
The Adventures of UNICAT!
by Alejandra P., age 11
The Hot Dog Robber
by Nery Monge, age 9
The Classroom Escapade
by Remi Steele, age 10
Lily Big Help and Her Idea
by Allison R. Santana Carreno, age 10
Panda Spies
by Kona Sullivan, age 10
Killersx
by Atticus Riley, age 9
Untitled
by Anabelle Wong, age 10
Emma Williams
by Isabel Brewer, age 10
Dragon Time (Part Two)
by Max Khankin, age 8
The Weird Pig
by Lulu, age 9
The Head Family
by Ranbeer Arora, age 9
The Murder Mishap
by Miya Wang-Habib, age 8
Laura on 318th Street
by Poppy Dubs, age 8
Circus of Talents
by Ciri Perlstein, age 11
Clueless
by Sole Cook, age 11
Princess Lou’s Adventure
by Willow Glenn, age 9
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
The Sloth Who Gave Up Being Mean to the Pythons
by Millie Tucker, age 7
What Blood Can Do
by Gaia Wude Treglia, age 10
Beauty at Its Finest
by Gabbie, age 11
Softy the Unicorn
by Amrisha Kumar, age 9
Star and the Dilemma
by Lucy Q., age 8
Revenge of the Demon Chicken
by Ian Nguyen, age 9
Lost in Outer Space
by Maria Gia-Bao Cordova, age 10
The Happy Dragon
by Millie Tucker, age 7
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
Taco
by Alexandra Keyworth, age 9
The Mirror
by Simone Washburn, age 8
Pencils and Alligators
by Willow Kedem Kaplan, age 11
Looking For Joy
by Siroos Pasdar, age 10
Knights At Sunset
by K. Shah, age 9
Forever
by Ariel Horace, age 9
The Bored Hero
by Kazimir Bobrowski Wang, age 11
Pig Island
by Piper Kennedy, age 10
The Amazing Fluffy’s Adventures
by Annika, age 8
copy and paste adventure: part one
by Seiji, age 7
Jonas and Matthew
by Matthew H., age 9
Stranded in Paradise
by Paloma W., age 8
My Sacred Friend
by Claire Lee, age 11
Winter and Scott
by EmmaLina Eckstein, age 10
PLANES: Chapter One
by Anonymous, age 10
The Bad Ghost
by Kabeer Arora, age 9
MAE
by Juno Brandt, age 8
Arctic Jungle Adventure
by Monte Lang, age 6
Thrasi’s Pot of Gold
by Lora Wu, age 9
Funky Fairy Tales
by Gabriella M., age 8
A Trip to Yellowstone
by Lora Wu, age 9
Simone La Unicorn
by Penny Smith, age 9
Busch Gardens
by Marlo Feldman, age 10
Ruth to the Rescue
by Masua Chaiken, age 8
Lost
by Simone Washburn, age 8
The Paint Palette
by Poppy W, age 8
Being on the Verge of Death: Chapter One, Just Great
by Yoonha S., age 11
Adventures of Hazel Hollyblade
Zoya Sarangan, age 10
When Hot Dogs Take Over the World
by Beatrice Mayne-Chang, age 9
Oysumi
by Roxy Howell, age 11
Too Short
by Kazimir Wang, age 11
The Guy Who Only Struck Out
by Jonathan Nallengara, age 10
Sean and Alex
by Sean Li, age 9
The Strong Pencil, the Weak Eraser, and the Evil Microphone
by Sean Li, age 9
Even Death Has Morals
by Charlie Shiff, age 11
What He’s Become
by Ava Barcelona, age 11
A Friend’s Secret
by Lara Veedon, age 9
Upsidedown
by Karen Lefcourt-Taylor, age 11
Beautiful: A Feminist Fairy Tale
by Sofie K., age 11
Put on Your Game Face
by Anna Vertin, age 11
Dagger and the Bloodwolf
by Daniel Piscitelli-Cruz, age 10
Persephona
by Halle Stipanov, age 11
A New War
by Gabe S., age 11
The Diary of Sir Littleton III
by Lily Quintanilla, age 9
Goldfish
by Ellie Pilko, age 8
Coco At The Circus
by Audrey Tian Yi O'Neill, age 8
Faller Killed Killer
by Dheer Seth, age 8
The Twins that Never Fight
by Olivia Tucker
The Evil Santa
by Sebastian Czaplicki, age 8
War of the Fruits
by Amdo Goodman
The Road Trip
by Bronwyn McAlister-Rogers
Electro
by Logan R.
The Great Snowball Fight
by Amdo Goodman
Maddy the Gymnast
by Alice Liao
The Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Drawing
Gone Girls
by Phoebe S.
Treasure Map
by Ari
Shadow Their Attack
by Anonymous
The War for Aspadus
by Ian Feliciano
The Castle of Love
by Ivana Chan
Charlotte
by Avery Hines-Mudry
Random Stories
by SJ Sheth
Awesome Airplanes!
by Matthew
When Owner Left Me
by Anna B
Candyland
by Anonymous
Video Games
by James Hong
Kingdoms Dragon’s Game
by Abner Scudder
Writopia Land
by Amy Martinez
Trouble in Disney World!!!
by Evangeline Joy Flynn, age 9
Walking Through a Cave
by Wrenn Thomas, age 9
The Life of a Garbage Can
by Kayla A., age 10
Secret Samurai
by Sahir Sadat, age 10
Two Doughnuts Sometimes Make the Perfect Match
by Sumaiya Jessi, age 11
The Haunted Circus Chronicles
by Aditya Pathiyal, age 9
Animals
by Leontios Marios Porter, age 8
Sad Life of Peter
by Debmallya Ghosh, age 11
Life of a Hermit Crab
by Lucas G, age 10
Adventure of the Orphanage
by Crystel Flores, age 11
The World’s Smallest Dog
by Wrenn Thomas, age 9
A Puffy Phenomenon
by Lola N. Sanchez, age 10
The Canvas Who Wanted to be Loved
by Sierra Johnson, age 10
The British One
by Anna Ashikhmin, age 10
Thunder the Tiger
by Satya Shah Thum, age 7
The Debate Over the Weirdest Things
by Gaia Wude Treglia, age 10
Princess Cat Makes a Friend
by Helena Rose, age 7
Falcin’s Pizza
by Elliot Higgins-Woo, age 7
The False Accident
by Sareetha, age 8
Horse Tails
by Aurelia Larson, age 10 and Matilda Beyer, age 10
My Dogs Baba, Ibiza, and Poppy
by Sanaa Chappelle, age 9
Baseball Fever
by Kayla A, age 10
Shrink
by Soham Sethi, age 10
A Wizard Who Can’t Talk
by Anonymous
I Remember
by Giulia Grace Ratto
I Am Mehoko
by Eleanor S.W. Hamilton, age 10
Changing Towns
by Nina Mamik, age 7
Aria’s Story
by Nuha Basher, age 11
Twin Towers
by Leyla Bayraktar
Special Sandwich
by Elizabeth Salguero, age 11
A New Friend
by Sydney, age 8
No Snooping!
by Vivian, age 9
The Monster that Betrayed
by Isabella Tang, age 10
Foresta Sparking Chapter One
by Mattan Bader, age 11
Pencil
by Hayden Becker, age 11
Keep Trying
by Giselle Vidals Hernández, age 11
Secrets
by Ahana Chakravarty, age 11
Double-Double
by Zeke Williams, age 10
A Love For Liberty
by Leah Josephson, age 11
The Amazing Aliens
by Sia Sethi and Soham Sethi
Moving Away
by Eva Djordjevic
The Magic Rhino
by Ethan Goodman
The Orphans
by Tina Rodriguez
The Adventures of Melissa Momper
by Caroline Dupree
Selena and the Big Secret
by Alisha Subhahnoor
The Donkeys
by Sophie Rinzler
The Bad Sleepover
by Cara H.
Treasure in Washington Monument
by Marielle Keum
Nightquake
by Hudson L
Something Broken
by Emily Rose
Emma Learns How to Fly
by Celine, age 8
The Story of Candyland
by Anonymous, age 8
Dragon Time
by Max Khankin, age 8
Three Worlds
by Daniel Nasseri, age 7
Priya: War Hero
by Reya Nair, age 10
The Faded Sword
by Olivia Romano, age 11
Raining Frogs
by Emil Mehri, age 8
Tim, the Mouse
by Christopher, age 11
Storm
by Ethan F., age 10
The Girl Who Finally Got A Dog
by Anika Pandit
The Hat With Hands
by Farah Blount
Definitely Not Evil
by Tommy Coughlin
I Forget
by Bex Segal
Five Years of Him
by Hypatia
