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Mystery Series #1

A night wind makes its way through the city. It sends a cold chill down a neck of a slender man who has just exited an abandoned building. It is 2:27 am. He raises his collar, looks carefully around him as he tucks a crumpled piece of paper into his…

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Mystery Series #2

This is the second chapter of the mystery series written by five different classrooms of students. There are 10 chapters in all. The Get-Away by Grade 8 students from Skaha Middle School, Penticton, BC Canada Slowly, drifting down with the ash, came a blue note written in red crayon. It…

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Mystery Series #3

This is the third chapter of the mystery series written by five different classrooms of students. There are 10 chapters in all. Missing in Montreal The wind died down that morning shortly after breakfast, and Joe had just one thing on his mind—his aunt. Thinking back to his eighteenth birthday,…

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Curtis & the Boy Next Door

Chapter 1 It was a beautiful fall morning, eight days into October, and Curtis was turning 10. His mother had planned a party with all his school friends at their place that afternoon. Curtis lived with his mom and dad in a townhouse complex that lied between the outskirts of…

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Tornado

You sneaked up upon usin the middle of the night.We weren't prepared.You gave us quite a fright. You ripped apart my houseand ruined the trees.I was too young to know what was going on.You threw my parents on their knees. You caused us so much pain.You caused us so much…

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Missing Library Book

by Jana, Age 13 I always go to our local library to borrow some books. But, one day I thought I would never be able to borrow a book again! It all began on that Tuesday afternoon when I went to borrow my favorite book, 'Dusky Dawn' which I have…

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Why Pigs Have Flat Noses

by Jacob, Age 12 A long time ago, pigs used to have noses just like us! I’d like to tell you a story of how all that changed. Once there were four pigs and their names were Piglit, Luiziana, Tyson and Bobby. They were playing tag, when Piglit accidentally ran…

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The Sloth Of The Store

By Jane, Age 12 A shriek of metal sliced through the air followed by others just the same. Greasy clamps secured glassy eyes to the body. One by one, beasts emerged from the factory, identical, all, except for one. The trip to the store was awful, a stench lingering in…

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Tom Gets the Axe!

by Levi, Age 10 Tom was a turkey. He lived a nice quiet life, on a nice quiet farm. Tom wasn't smart, and he wasn't dumb. But he, and all the turkeys on the farm, had a BIG problem—The Farmer! You see, the turkeys worshiped the farmer. Stupidly, they thought…

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Gnomes vs. the Fairies

By Lily, Age 8 As morning broke, all the fairies got ready for the long day in the meadow. When Rosie awoke, she rushed out of her little cottage into the meadow. The meadow was beautiful and the grass was covered in dew drops.Rosie met her friends Sunny and Tula…

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Saving Brownie

"I love dogs, and do whatever I can to help them. So even though this story isn't based on an actual experience, that is where it came from." Anousha, Age 10 I hear whimpering come from behind a bush. I peek behind the bush and laying there is a wounded…

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Cupcake Catastrophe

by Kendra, Age 12 Eliza Maxwell leaped off the bus and dashed to her house. “I’m home!” she announced, slamming the door behind her and tossing her backpack onto a window-seat. Eliza’s older brother, Jacob, stepped into the room, his hands greasy. Jacob was studying to be a car mechanic,…

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Curtis & the Boy Next Door

Tornado

Missing Library Book

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The Sloth Of The Store

Tom Gets the Axe!

Gnomes vs. the Fairies

Saving Brownie

Cupcake Catastrophe

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