Christina Ortiz, Guest Writer
May 6, 2019
April 28, 1929
Dear diary, I read the newspaper today and the world has gone completely mad. Four women were arrested for “indecent exposure.”I don’t understand why women are put into prison for wearing “revealing...
Uel Gallien, Guest Writer
May 6, 2019
My name is Sekani Morales, and I am seventeen years old. I live in the favelas of Brazil. Ten houses away from my hut is the separation wall, which is 55 miles long, 10 feet wide, and 20 feet high. Inside the walls, there’s...
Colton Ford, Guest Writer
May 6, 2019
“Get out of the building! We have 29 minutes left!” I hear the chief’s voice over the radio.
“My friend is still in there! Sir, please save him!” A voice cries of out from the smoky darkness.
“Please stand back,...
Julia Fisher, Guest Writer
May 5, 2019
As the hand on the grand clock moved in its slow, rhythmic motion, my heart did the same. My mother, Tabitha, had entered the mansion an hour ago, promising to return in “a short while,” and now I’d been standing on the...
Gershon Ache, Guest Writer
May 5, 2019
He’s gaining speed. He’s passing the other competitors. He just might have a chance to win it all. There’s nothing that can stop him now, he’s got what it takes to be be a champion.
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One year ago…
It’s a struggle to ge...
Emma Schepers, Guest Writer
May 5, 2019
I remember when Henry Ford came to our small town in Gary, Indiana to present his Model T. My little brothers, Charles and Edward, pushed through the crowd and stood on their tippy toes to see above the taped off area. I stoo...
Kenneth Smith, Guest Writer
May 5, 2019
Machine gun bullets whizzing past us everywhere! We can not escape their sight! We all feel like sitting ducks about to get shot. I can see hundreds of American soldiers lying dead on Omaha Beach, and even more wounded. Our superior officers never said that the Germans would defend Normandy this well.
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Litzy Perez, Guest Writer
May 5, 2019
“Would you like some water?” The faint voice rang as I fluttered my eyes open.
It’s 6 in the morning! Why would I want water? As I tried to make out the words, “No thank you,” I realized that my mouth and lips had...
Makayla DeWind, Guest Writer
May 5, 2019
As I stepped out of my car onto the dusty gravel road of Meadow Farm, I gazed upon the herd of horses grazing contently in the pasture. How lucky I am to be here. Although I loved my job as Secretariat’s groomer, difficulties...
William Showalter, Guest Writer
May 5, 2019
My name is John Baker. I am a farm boy from the country lands of Massachusetts. Life is really rough right now at home. My parents are fighting and making life miserable for me. I am going to get away! Just a few months more and...
Sophia Martin, Guest Writer
May 5, 2019
I have been trying to escape slavery for almost two years now. It’s September 12, 1867 and I’ve never been more terrified in my entire life. I feel completely helpless. Just a few weeks ago I was torn away from my two kids ...
Liam Mall, Guest Writer
May 5, 2019
“Hey child, come back! You did not pay for that.” I try to compete with his pace, but the child disappears in the filthy, crowded streets. He managed to pick-pocket me of my silver. “I’m gonna kill that boy!” Ever since...
