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• Nonfiction > Academic
  Winner Takes All

  

  By annabrooke, Millbrook, AL

  I hate dreaming. Dreams have a funny way about them. When I was thirteen and dreaming of becoming Queen of England, it was one of those funny kinds of dreams. It was my wedding day. There was even cake. The only tiny misleading factor was that I hadn’t quite gotten past my thirteen-year-old obses...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  Mary Rowlandson

  

  By annabrooke, Millbrook, AL

  If a person is walking down a trail and sees an eccentric stone, he might pick it up, take a look at it, and throw it back into the woods. This action doesn’t disturb nature. If he sees a small turtle, he might watch it as it hides in its shell, and nature is again, undisturbed. A deer crosses his...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Hide and Seek

  

  By annabrooke, Millbrook, AL

  Imagine holding a pencil horizontally. If you were to apply force to both ends of a pencil by pushing them down simultaneously, you would see the pencil bend. After enough force was applied, the pencil would break in the middle, releasing the stress you have put on it. Similarly, a fault line is the...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  Listen for the Whisper

  

  By annabrooke, Millbrook, AL

  In kindergarten all of the kids were assigned individual chores. The best chores, such as bathroom monitor or line leader, were always given to the snottiest-nosed kids while the worst chores were always given to me. I dreaded, despised, and loathed having to wipe down the chalkboard. I still rememb...