The Silver Garden
Marius
The first rule of the community garden was that everyone had to help. That’s what Mrs. Russo told us on the first day of summer break, when she rounded up…
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The Door in the Oak
The first thing I noticed was the quiet. Not total quiet. The neighborhood had its usual sounds—Mrs. Chen’s dog barking two houses down, the distant rumble of a lawnmower, my…
The Town With No Name
The first thing I noticed about Leo was that he answered roll call like he wasn’t sure his name would be on the list. “Leo?” Mrs. Pak said. He paused.…
Shadow Act
The day Jake Miller’s shadow started acting up was, of course, the day of the biggest science test of the seventh grade. It began subtly. As Mrs. Davison droned on…