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by Sylvia Nica, jaBlog! Blogger   I still remember the first time I stumbled upon Laura Thomas Communications. I was sitting, crushed, on the carpet after finding out that one of my stories had been rejected for publication. Again. My mom, seeing my dejected form on the floor, handed me a paper. “It’s the rules...

by Chelsea Hindle, Age 15, Australia   Kameradschaft  On my stomach, I wriggled forward through the leaf litter, then tensed up and flattened myself to the ground at the sound of boots, and voices in a language I didn’t understand. Uniformed soldiers passed within a foot of my nose, and I suddenly felt the wild,...

by Melaka Jude, Age 15, Sri Lanka   The Tied feet A little brown sparrow Once stood alone did he Upon metal bars of rust With string his feet tied be He watched one day the blue sky And longed to free his wings He saw two other birds fly by A sweet song did...