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...
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...
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...
by Susan Heil, age 13 Horrible, bloodthirsty, and relentless are the words most often used when discussing spiders. Pondering these frightening arachnids, most people believe that the piercing, harpoon-like bite from the spider will certainly plunge the victim into inevitable doom...
by Kellyn Bertsch, age 12 The “Trail of Tears” was an appalling event in American history that most everyone, Cherokees and Americans alike, will always remember. In the early 1830s, over 100,000 Native Americans dwelt in southeast America on millions of acres of fertile land. The Native...
