By Annabella Rose, age 7, Missouri

I felt the walls shake. I was trying to breathe when the continent was sinking. I could hear my mom screaming, “Sapphire, run as fast as you can, so the water cannot gobble you up!”

By Aryaman Sheth, Fiction and Photography Editor

By Sam Zawaly, grade 8, Ohio

“Wow,” I said.
The mountain I analyzed was a lot bigger than my dad described.

By Sophia Nicole Lande, age 10, New York

The pouring rain pounded against the window as the ladder creaked on its hinges. BOOM! The thunder exploded nearby, knocking Nicole off her feet.

By Brandon Kuske, LOL Editor

Q. Why was the pediatrician always losing his temper?
A. Because he had little patients!

By Aidan Sheeran-Hahnel, grade 8

A night so bright the moon takes flight
As light engulfs her rim
She glides through sky trailing black behind
Her face determined yet grim