The sun began to rise at 6:25 in the morning, painting the sky in hues of lavender and rose. A crisp air nipped at my shoulders, the smell of dirt and grass carried in the wind. The beauty of Africa was...

We walk down the hallways every day with other kids who once hurt our feelings and we scroll through Instagram liking posts of boys or girls who broke our hearts. Their words and actions are carried on...

She did not dare to look at the mess she’d made. She couldn’t bear to. Washed out, strewn across the floor, piles and piles of splinters and pieces of things torn apart, shattered, snapped. These...

Of Sonnets and Such Poetic Nonsense (Gold Key, 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards)   the lit homework is to write a sonnet for the person sitting next to you but I don’t know what...

The darkness enveloped the small pocket of light that surrounded him as he ran down the narrow tunnel. The shadows encroached on his bubble of life, pursuing closely behind, always staying just barely...

The scented candle’s aroma filled the room. Ellis Lark set down a book and grabbed the brown coat that had slept the night on the coat hanger. It was two sizes too large, but a great bargain nonetheless....

In theory, there is one universally known fact: breaking up sucks. As the case with most things, there are usually two options in every given situation. Some choices are frivolous, like choosing between...

Do you ever wish you could be a 5-year-old again? Where there were no problems, no responsibilities, and you thought your life was perfect? Well, I do. This is where my story begins. I was only a...

Up in the sky Birds fly So lie With me In the Grass so we Can look up to the sky And see The couple we could be           BUT U PLAYIN'

Two moons shone down on a gravel path winding through a red desert sparsely bordered by small tan houses, each the same shape, the same color, with the same doors and the same windows. All were stained...

There are two beings in our world: humans and monsters. Now, humans are just ordinary people with ordinary talents and jobs. Monsters are cold, agile shapeshifters. They are created with human appearances,...