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By klace SILVER
Lambertville, Michigan

This is the story of a girl named Kody. She lived the normal life of a country kid, raising horses was what she knew. To give her a better chance in life she was sent to a advanc...
klace SILVER, Lambertville, Michigan
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
“People ask me when I start one of these projects, what is your theme? I haven’t the faintest idea. That’s why you’re writing the book, it seems to me, to find out. To me, it’s a journey. It’s an adventure. It’s traveling in a country you’ve never been in and everything is going to be new, and because of that, vivid. And don’t make up your mind too soon. Let it be an experience.” —David McCullough


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By Emma.H.96 DIAMOND
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Emma.H.96 DIAMOND, Kalamazoo, Michigan
65 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better. -Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

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By estucker1998 PLATINUM
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
estucker1998 PLATINUM, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
20 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
The voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because of the thought that everything may be done better and again. --John Green, The Fault in Our Stars.

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By Anonymous
#9366 Nonfiction
Mrs.Gatsby SILVER, Toano, Virginia
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” ~Daisy Buchanan, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

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Evan Lerma BRONZE, Flower Mound, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By amaral SILVER
Grants Pass, Oregon
amaral SILVER, Grants Pass, Oregon
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Stay Golden.

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By Marblewolf SILVER
Locust Grove, Virginia
Marblewolf SILVER, Locust Grove, Virginia
7 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to his (or her) commitment to excellence, regardless of his (or her) chosen field of endeavor.

#9370 Nonfiction
By Anonymous