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April 2017 - As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds

“#460: POOP.  POOP IS STUPID.  STUPID POOP.  STUPID.  POOPID.  POOPIDITY.  IS POOPIDITY A WORD?

Genie stood a few feet away from Samantha’s shabby old doghouse, scribbling a mess of words in his notebook.  His older brother, Ernie, was luring the mutt to a cleaner spot in the yard with a big pot of leftover chicken, bacon, grits, greens, and whatever else was for doggy breakfast.

September 2017 - Revenge of the Star Survivors by Michael Merschel

“Mayday…Mayday …
This is a Priority One distress call.
Can anyone hear me?
Anyone?
 
My situation is desperate.  I have crash-landed on an inhospitable world.  Communication with my commanders has broken down.  My shields have been compromised.  I am critically short on vital supplies.  I am isolated.  Adrift.  Cold.
Lonely.”

October 2017 - Hoodoo by Ronald Smith

I walked through the graveyard on my tiptoes, trying not to step on the graves.  If you stepped on a grave, people said, the dead could steal your soul.  I could barely see, and the only light came from the moon, spreading a glow through the long-beard trees.
            Something kept tickling my face, like a spider’s web.  I brushed it away, but that didn’t do any good.  It was stuck there, creeping across my skin.

November 2017 - Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

“When I was little, a kid pointed at me on the playground and shouted, ‘Her arms fell off!’ then ran away screaming in terror to his mom, who had to cuddle him on her lap and rub his head for like ten minutes to get him to calm down.  I think, up until then, I hadn’t thought about the idea that my arms must have actually fallen off at some point in my life.  I had never really thought about not having arms at all.” pg. 1 Aven Green Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling