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Teen Ink Magazine, September 2007 : Nonfiction Articles

A Winning Moment by Connor R., Shorewood, IL Phone ringing ... adrenaline pumping ... palms sweating. I reached for the phone. “Hello?” I said tentatively. Little did I know that call would change my life. Later, barely able to sit still at the dinner table, my news almost burst from my mouth ... Continue...	Bittersweet by Brittany H., Madison Heights, VA There it was again, that huge lump that gets in your throat when you’re about to cry. I had just walked into our guest room and saw my brother’s belongings packed and ready for college ... Continue...
Change Is a Good Thing by Kaitlyn M., Park Ridge, IL I opened my eyes and quickly looked around the unfamiliar room. I must have blinked about 30 times. What a strange dream that I couldn’t seem to wake up from ... Continue...	Dance Jitters by Tina B., So. Plainfield, NJ My palms were sweaty as I stood in the darkness behind the curtains. There were no butterflies in my stomach. Rather, it felt like pterodactyls flying around. Wearing our magenta mini-skirts and sequined tops, the other dancers and I were ready to dazzle the judges ... Continue...
Gone by Caitlin B., Berlin, MD I grew up as a silent child and did my best to follow my mother’s footsteps. She was feisty and full of life, not the soccer mom who drove a minivan. I pictured her always being there - coming to my first pep rally and meeting my first boyfriend ... Continue...	Hello! I Love You! by Lauren E., Springfield, MO On a spring evening in mid-April, a young woman riding a motorcycle with her friend was struck by a car traveling at 40 miles-per-hour ... Continue...
I Act With Delight by Bridget O., Jim Thorpe, PA With a soft click, the door closes behind me, and the last sliver of golden light disappears. My eyes adjust slowly to the enveloping darkness. I reach to the left to feel the cool wall and drag my fingertips along it as I inch forward ... Continue...	Improvisation by Becca P., New City, NY I’m sweating profusely in my hard plastic chair, clutching my saxophone like a baby grasps a rattle. Mr. Fogarty slowly scans the rows of boys, each holding his breath and praying it’s not his turn. Mr ... Continue...
In the Presence of Their Absence by Mary F., McDonough, GA The first time I had seen them, I was nine years old. They didn’t mean anything to me at that point. They were simply two tall towers. We took a tour. There were a lot of business people in suits carrying briefcases. There were no toy souvenirs worth buying ... Continue...	Ivory Keys by Marissa C., Franklin Lakes, NJ A rush of adrenaline pours through me as the song ends. As I sit on the wooden seat, shaking my leg nervously, a solid lump forms in the back of my throat. I try to swallow, but end up choking, gasping for air ... Continue...
Lies My Parents Told Me by Sloan T., Franklin, TN His name was Rupert. He was a gentle, old chocolate lab who loved the crazy beat of jazz. Every summer when we loaded up the car with sparkling new beach toys, I watched Rupert look at us with sad eyes ... Continue...	Musical Dreams by Teresa Y., Brooklyn, NY People are like individual pieces of the earth’s crust. They pull apart, push together and constantly change. Always bound to cause some major earthquake and smattered tremors, people are extremely complex ... Continue...
Opening Night by Danielle H., McDonough, GA I stand in the heat of the parking lot for a moment and then open the door, stepping into the chilled theater. I am home. I am the first one here. I walk quietly onto the stage under the work lights, enjoying the dim silence of the moment ... Continue...	Perfect Harmony by Alissa T., Winter Park, FL Perfect harmony. That was all I needed. Perfect harmony in my life, all aspects coinciding and creating peace and happiness in my mind and my soul. Some say this is unattainable ... Continue...
Piano Man by Danny S., Pheonix, AZ When I was five years old, I would frequently spend time at my grandparents’ house where they had a very old, but still usable, piano. I would sit for hours and hours, trying to figure out how to make the instrument work and play my favorite songs ... Continue...	The Forgotten Storm by Megan G., Messena, NY What would you do if you knew that in a few hours all your possessions, home, and even town could be gone completely? And how would you feel if you knew you might be gone, too, if you stayed? Most people don’t have to ask these questions ... Continue...
The Last Fight for Innocence by Bianca D., Barrington Hills, IL Happiness is the bright-eyed smile that awakens to lazy days of sunshine and Popsicle sticks. My early childhood was an endless string of days spent galloping through the woods and searching for four-leaf clovers ... Continue...	The Picture by Sarah W., Newton, MA Perched on my bedside table sits my favorite picture, ripped in the corner. My mom and my birth mom sit with smiles glued to their lips, frozen in time,waiting for the camera to flash ... Continue...
The Pits by Jeffrey L., Harvard, MA The bow crosses over the metallic strings like a preemptory warning of a thunderstorm, in the form of a perfect fifth chord. The quiet pitter-patter of the audience hushes as the tuning comes to an end ... Continue...	The Wholehearted Dancer by Lauren C., Hopkinton, MA This is a way of life. Every year, regional world qualifiers (Oire-achtas) for Irish step dancing are held. There are group dances (ceilis), solos, choreographies, and dramas ... Continue...
Weep by Sierra G., New Ringgold, PA We drink As the belly of the desert heaves Our doomed civilization Buried city streets ... Continue...	Well ... by Lori N., New City, NY Umm ... okay ... well ... here it goes. I saw him today. He looked so wonderful with his Cubs baseball cap, jeans, and school shirt. Other people were sitting on the couches and pillows surrounding us, so we just talked ... Continue...
You Are What You Eat by Jordan F., Roanoke, VA Microwave popcorn: $2.29. Rice Krispies: $2.99. Honeydew: $0.79 a pound. Two dozen frozen TV dinners: $48.95. Looking up at the customer, I politely tell him the total ... Continue...

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