A 9 minute read. Madeleine L’Engle is a well known children’s author who won a Newbery Medal for A Wrinkle in Time. (The Newbery Medal is an award for the most distinguished children’s books in the U.S.) She sometimes teaches fiction writing workshops, and during one, a woman asked if L’Engle was going to teachContinue reading “Children Deserve Good Books”
Category Archives: Nonfiction
My Tooth Saga
I am missing five teeth, and I can’t stop talking about it. Whenever I have to play two truths and a lie: “I’m five foot seven, I’m part dead person, and I’m missing five teeth.” Whenever I have to say an interesting fact about myself: “I’m missing five teeth.” Whenever I’m asked how my weekContinue reading “My Tooth Saga”
Sven and Ole Failed My AP Exam
A 14-minute read. It had begun at 8:15 in the morning–fifteen minutes late, I noted, as I pressed my finger against the tip of my pencil. Heaven forbid the lead fall out and I need to ask the proctor for a replacement. I didn’t want to walk to the front of the room, eighty eleventh-gradeContinue reading “Sven and Ole Failed My AP Exam”
Ellen Sheehy 