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I Have Freed You

by Emma Mauser, age 17 Many moons ago a spirit descended on the lands of the forest where the animals lived. At first the animals were delighted with the small white, cold flakes that fell gently from the sky. They would let them melt on their noses. They would laugh and leap about in...

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The Fury of the Sea

by Mary Charles Johnson, age 12 Dorothy Gibson, an upand-coming silent screen actress, was in for the ride of her life. Immediately a hit, she starred in Hands Across the Sea and Miss Masquerader in 1911. She decided to go on a six-week vacation with her mother since she could now afford...

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Snatched from Prestige

by Stephen Pearson, age 16 “We were both dumb.” Midas, the gold-stricken king of Ovid’s Metamorphoses parades this astute observation to Ilsebill, a lesser-known but rather arrogant protagonist of the stories of the Brothers Grimm who once became entangled in a fateful encounter with a...

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Tolkien Life and Legend

by Lily Bell, age 14 John Ronald Ruel Tolkien, who is more commonly known as Tolkien, experienced a challenging childhood. He was born in Africa, where his father was on business, in 1882. Soon after, his brother, Hilary, was born. For a short time everything was pleasant. His mother...

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Battles Won and Lessons Taught

by Bella Lindsey, age 12 Action. Fantasy. Romance. Lessons. Disney’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian has it all. C.S. Lewis is known for his epic fantasy books. Since his books are so popular, why not make some of them into family-friendly movies? In 2005, that’s exactly...

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