his month’s theme is Be the Spark, which has two meanings: fireworks as we approach the Fourth of July and igniting change in our communities.

By Victoria Feng, Editor-in-Chief
Max Bobholz, 19-year-old founder of Angels at Bat

By Lily Umbel, age 15, Pennsylvania

A breath of golden summer
Took me by surprise
Now, forever chained to be your lover
An enjoyable demise

By Mia Ramundo, age 14, Ohio

my life is the ocean
in one glance
perfection
underneath it all
suffocating

By Stella Prince, age 14

Recently we took a trip to the South of France.

By Jennifer Ojilere

The abandoned lot.
The boy yearned to spend the rest of his life in this abandoned lot.