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Penny Tree
by Noa K, age 8
A Bottle Flipping Story
by Anonymous, age 10
Rise of the Dabbing Bottles
by Anonymous, age 10
#What Happens When You’re On Your Phone
by Sebastian Merkatz, age 10
The Underworld
by Lucas Jacobs, age 10
Jewelry
by Grace Zhang, age 7
The Smart Boy Who Could Write
by Gideon Bialkin, age 10
The Revenge of the Future Thanksgiving Turkey
by Beni, age 10
Gummy Bunnies are Tough
by Ruixi, age 10
The Ghost Story
by VJP, age 10
Bobzilla the Brick!
by Misty Brown, age 10
A Trip to Colombia
by David Moreno, age 8
The Star, the Heart, and the Walking Fish (Part Two)
by Ben Samuels, age 11
Lucy the Pegasus (Part One)
by Sanaa Huda, age 9
Toilets
by Ezra Mellor, age 10
Happy Birthday Suzy Walter!
by Leila Cisse, age 9
Super Mouse and the Diamond Thief
by Dean Gabai, age 8
Cutie, Harry, & Friends
by Addy, age 8
Octopus
by Anonymous, age 8
Finley’s First Day of School
by Maya Mera, age 7
All the Wrong Questions
by Yash, age 10
Nothing But Different (Part Two)
by Olivia Patterson, age 10
One Hundred Years Ago
by Anabel A., age 8
Sign Language
by Sigal Minsky-Primus, age 10
Lucy and Her Friends
by DPK, age 9
Emy’s Jazz Club
by Cecilia Cunningham-dePedro, age 10
The Scary Puppets
by Sammy Bialkin and Elliot Kaner, ages 10
A Stick Figure’s Life
by Noah, age 10
The Starving Dinosaur
by Sage Abbey, age 8
The Adventures of Bub (Book 1)
by Odysseus, age 11
Why You Should Never Be King
by Izzy Weitzman, age 11
The Break
by Laura Daniels, age 10
The Mysteries of the Magic Pencil
by Sameer Gupta, age 9
Once Upon a Time
by Lea Karian, age 10
Seasons
by Ava Orrantia, age 11
The Screen
by Ben Samuels, age 11
Girl and Squirrel (Part I)
by Pearl Barker Seidman, age 10
Locked Out (Part I)
by Ann Dai, age 10
The Sleepover That Changed My Life
by Emma, age 10
Harmony’s Destiny
by Ruixi, age 10
The Green Place
by Benjamin, age 11
Three Long Reasons Why Sahara Should Have a Puppy
by Sahara Asher, age 10
The Chronicles of Lincoln Middle School
by Paloma Divina, age 10
Mr. MacaroonVoh
by Jeeya Deepak Ballaney, age 7
Blue Dragon, Red Warrior, Young Boy
by Rafael Prochnik, age 11
I Would Rather be Crushed by a Bowling Ball Than go to School
by Kiran, age 10
Warren’s Welfare (Part One)
by Max Pohman, age 11
Atlantic (Excerpt)
by Maia Rose Wellington, age 10
Bensy and His Quest
by Hugh Vickery, age 9
Christmas is Here
by Ethan Outtara, age 10
The Cyclone and the Beach
by Seth Huse, age 9
Car Accident
by Viraaj Sarwahi, age 10
Birdie and the Great Days
by Amelia K., age 8
Calling All Teachers
by Emily Birman, age 11
U.T.S.
by Elwyn M., age 11
The Diary Adventure
by Anav Ahaan Arora, age 8
Adventurous Kids
by Emmanuel Weintraub, age 11
Mr. Maniac
by Eshaan Dangayach, age 8
The Meteor
by Eavan Anderson, age 9
The Guy With The Top Hat
by Jaden Jacoby-Cooper, age 10
Madison the Writing Fairy
by Rachel, age 8
Expectations and Results of the 2016 Presidential Election
by Aarav Sethi, age 11
Why Minecraft is Educational
by Jordan Marshall, age 10
The Ghost
by Madhav, age 9
I Heard a Noise
by Talia Walsh, age 9
Questions
by Madhav, age 9
Helen Patrick Human
by Alice Xu, age 10
Queep!
by Dalia Mullens, age 9
Disappointment
by Ria Dangayach, age 11
The Adventures of the Puppets
by Eyal, age 10
The Two Friends
by Isaac Lazaroff, age 9
Unnamed
by Xueming (Samuel) Li, age 10
Nothing But Different
by Via, age 10
Alaskabama
Hannah Diker
Sandy Kayla
Maya Evans
Humans and Food, Finally Together
Luz Del Alba
Cherry-Red Sweater
Asmara Downey Twiss
Aliens!
Jeremy Nam
The Other Side of Me
Anonymous
My Life On The Street
Calista Finkelstein
Siblings
Sophia Singh
Is There A McDonald’s In Beach Haven
Naomi Butler
Flight
Charlotte Stillman
When the Two Worlds Came Together 2
Aanya Sethi
A Grimm Life
Uma Bhaman
The Annoying Ravens
Niranjan Deshpande
War and Peace
Varun Gupta
The Three Wolves
Mireille Oppenheimer
Ellen
Odessa Kanarick
What Happened in 1870, Italy
Gwendolyn Lawrence
The Future Earth’s Concrete Takeover
Maya Giordano
Just Run
Olly Coward
Glitter and the Magical Fig, Part 1
Olivia Dewar
The Package
Mia Blattmachr
The Journey
Lucy Paolini
What Makes A Hero?
Taylor Harris
Boing and the Evil Noodles
Eliza Treuhaft
Unknown Worlds
Ram Bhaman
Animals Running Away
Gabe Valencia
Marigold and Luki-luki
Izzy C.
The Finals
Shiv Shamdasani
The Goblet of Doom
Lilly Gordon
W.P.A. Boot Camp
Jake Eaton
Last Resort: Antarctica
Charlotte Stroff
Lavanasium
Juli Valencia
Gummy Wars
Mira S.
Heaven’s War: Chapter 1
Kayla Shapira-Stern
Michael Gets Sucked Into A Game
Christopher Wang
The Heist
Charlie Lehner
Fear the Fuzzy
Valentino Sella
The Village
Rebecca A. Reid
Excerpt from Aliens Attack
James Pyne
Long Live King George!
Lila Wattenberg
Funny Culprits
Evelyn Worcester
Jungle Story
Dea Yavich
Election Day
Jonathan Pae
The Witch of Staten Island
ZZ
Searching for Home, Chapter 1
Isabela Venegas-Ramirez
A Different Life
Mackenzie Wright
Hawaii Gone Bad
Imogen
The Day That Jack Ran Away
Estela Ramos
The Contest
Lily Z.
The Old Man and the Soda
Tamara Houck
Two Sides of A Coin
Alex Torres
The Stranger
Joseph Glasson
The Mysterious Box
Sophia Glasson
The Bomb in the Building
Christopher Lee
Tooth Fairy Trouble
Ellanie Fernandez
Change
Sencha G.
COP CHASE!!
Sam Zwick-Lavinsky
Aliens At Mars
Anonymous
Cookie Dough’s Adventures in the Bedroom
Liam Oliver
The Scary Night
Maria Huerta
The Enchanted Clock
Bianca Pelin
Hard Times with Luck, From Sarah’s Diary
Lily Martin
The Rise and Fall of Emily Dixons
N. Cain
Pointy
Camille Davis
The Adventure of Christian and the Ancient Tour Guide
Mina
The Weird Potion
Fiona
Terry the Donut
Thomas C.
Dessert Disaster
Audrey Peng
Nacho Cheese for President
Deede
The Great Lunchbox Mystery
Julia Garcia-Lascurain
What Are the Chances?
Anonymous
The One-Dollar Bill
Nyla Blake-Soden
The Big Cat Adventure
Amerah-Taylor Bramble
Under the Skin
Elwyn M.
Tales of a Toad
Madeleine Ford
The Dead Chicken
Odessa Kanarick
Football Players
Shiv Shamdasani
My City
N. Cain
Going
Yazmine Geula
Middle School, My Terrible Luck
Fatima Fofana
The Foxes’ War
Sophia Siqi Wang
Shakespeare Speech
Stephanie Fuentes
Childhood
Manuela Speciale
Zoe
Leila Cisse
Gummies in Times
Jessie Mitnick
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
Missing
Mackenzie Wright
The Magic Flower
Maya Inal
The Fight
Leila Zilko
Zachary and All of His Adventures
Zachary Ishibashi
The Thief
Nathaniel Shalam
Lonely
Iris
Emoji Sisters
Leah Marquardt
Fred the Penguin
D. Clark
The Smartest Gingerbread Man Runs the Marathon
Binah Friedman
E.V.I.L. Chronicles: The Opponent
Benjamin Azencott
Sunflowers
Alexandra
Linsay the Dragon’s Adventures in Fairyland, Part 1: The Only Dragon Left in the World
Jisu Yee
Knight of the Chalice
Valentino Sello
Rainbow’s Adventure
Sophia Houck
The Blood Bone
Luke Avalon Williams
Mitten’s Story
Stephanie Park
The Boy Who Discovered Life
Danil Slater
The Star, the Heart, and the Flag
Ben Samuels
The Mysterious Monster
Anonymous
Forever in My Heart
Yesenia
The Suitcase in the Library
Shiri Podhoretz
Spat’s Big Adventure
Yazmine Geula
Emma
Grace Steiner
Man’s Best Friend
Iris
My Move
By Sophia Birman, age 8
A Second Chance
By Summer Boxer, age 8
Atlas
By Andrew Chen, age 9
The Banana’s Life Change
By Martin M., age 9
Kitties
By Isabella, age 8
Tim and Spud
By Ava Hosking, age 11
Rain
By Esme Fishman, age 10
Just a Girl, Part 1
By Fiona Shuldiner, age 10
The Drum Set
By Messi Berko, age 9
The Revolution
By Max P., age 10
The Wedding
By Haskell Anderson, age 11
Spring
By Alejandra, age 8
Star, My Doll
By Zalah Blount, age 7
The Titanic
By Viraat, age 7
Alexander Percy Lawrence Peter Henry Winkharp’s Cellar Peddlers (Excerpt)
By Madeleine Berkowitz, age 11
Tornado Boy
By Simon Steingold, age 10
The Ice Cream Monster
By Pablo Mendoza, age 7
The Adventures of Digger and Scrappy
By Amelia Khemani, age 7
My Life
By Dahlia Shapiro, age 11
loser.com
By Bina Klein, age 11
US.
By Hugo Orrantia, age 10
Dream Country
By Chloe Zhou, age 7
Untitled
By Sara Xu, age 11
Lost Kids
By Bina Klein (age 11) and Dahlia Shapiro (age 11)
Never Betray Someone
By Matthew Diaz, age 8
A Vehicle That Can Fly: The War Against Syria
By NBZ, age 7
The Sun
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Candy
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Opposites
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
The Wind
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Flowers
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Sunshine
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Bubbles
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Wonder
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Happy
By Soleil Wizman, age 8
Thinking
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
Pure Blonde
By Sascha Fleesler, age 11
The Secret Case File of Donald Trump
By Stun Zeed, age 11
The Terrrerian
By Dhanesh Tikoo, age 11
Through the Woods (Excerpt)
By Milo Gold, age 11
Who Made the Rockets?
By Minal Shaman, age 10
Haunted House
By Ambrocio Mendoza, age 7
Battle of Revenge II: Traitors
By Diego Gonzalez Garcia-Torres, age 9
Immigration
By Isabella Gernandt, age 11
The Subway Tragedy
By Sophie Redvers, age 10
The First Adventure of the Two Cats
By Anderson Steiner, age 10
The Amazing Adventure of Bob
By Liam W. Lui Martin, age 7
I Never Wanted a Coffee Shop
By Sofia Gonzalez, age 8
My First Year of Middle School
Anoushka Sawardekar
The Life Cycle
By Ila, age 7
Mom’s Story Book
By Isaia Kohn, age 10
The Fire Prince
By Ava Orrantia, age 10
The Video Game
By Noah Um, age 9
The Boy, the Woman, and the Forest
By Gracie Espinosa, age 11
Far Past Is An Unknown Thing
By Avery H., age 11
Pink Is Pretty
By Anonymous
Press One at the Tone
By Abel L. Torres, age 11
A Strange Day at Writopia
By Madeline (age 10), Izy Lusk (age 11), and Max Peters (11)
Another Peculiar Predicament
By Nikhil Gupta, age 11
An Amber Story
By Maya Nichols, age 10
Choose Your Own Adventure, Sort Of
By Izy Lusk, age 11
EXCERPT
By Nikhil Gupta, age 11
Atlas
By Andrew Chen, age 9
The Man
By Darobo Acceber, age 11
I NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!
By Noah Um, age 9
T.G.I.F
By Violet DiBiasio, age 10
SAM’S BIG ADVENTURE [ + the mailman ]
By Dalya Shaman, age 7
The Witch Books
By Mariema, age 11
Boo-Goo Land
By Lena DiBiasio, age 10
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
Jessie
By Nicole, age 9
Jack-o-lantern
By Maddy, age 8
The Change
By Max P, age 10
Gabriel’s story
By Gabe, age 7
The Adventures of Taco Dog
By Wolf C, age 9
The Black Hole
By Mariah Mendoza, age 11
The Minecraft Cheater
By Maxwell Berkow, age 9
The Girl Who Went To Ecuador
By Juliana Valencia, age 10
Max’s Story
By Maxwell Berko, age 9
Don’t go into the dark
By Ryen Jones, age 11
My Big Family
By Avery Sohn, age 9
Native American Legend
By Xuming Li, age 9
Allstar
By Sophia Torren, age 11
Big Dude’s Escape
By Minal Shaman, age 10
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
A Story of Fred and Bob
by Thomas Clark, age 9
Z-Town
by Finn, age 10
Win Torture: The History of Plot Day
by Andranik Kaladjian-Webb, age 10
Waterfall
by Amah Assoumou, age 11
Video Games: Not Just Fun
by Christopher McCarthy, age 11
Unicorn Rapunzel
by Rachel Abulafia, age 9
Trip to Yesterday
by Juliette Putman, age 10
Two Fingers (An English to English translation of “One Heart” by Li-Young Lee)
by Elijah Menla, age 10
To The Moon
by Casey Macron-Davis, age 9
Tom Anderson
by Aayan Mittal, age 8
Three Hours Til Morning
By Bella Orelowitz, age 11
The Whale
By Andie Dougherty. age 10
The Tragic (and Comedic) Life of Mr. Henry Billersworth
by Hilary Malamud, age 11
The Tragedy of the SS Minnow II
by Sam Lauricella, age 10
The Sunflower Seed
by Neha Soni, age 11
The Stray Cat!
by Mia B, age 8
The Soccer Tournament
by Spencer Eng, age 9
