By Sydney Griffith, age 13, Georgia

My ticket can take me anywhere—in CherryTown, New Jersey, that is. Today I have no mission or end destination.

By Shailey Bellamkonda

(Radio on.)
“Amy! Switch off that radio, and finish your homework!” said Amy’s mother, Hannah.
(No answer.)

By Atara Bayla Feldman, age 8, New York

Once there was a princess.
She lived in a huge castle with all kinds of servants and all kinds of pretty toys.

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 Byron Wu, age 12, Maryland

It was an average day in an average town. As the sun lazily arose from over the distant hills, small bells on wind chimes rung softly while the door to an equally average store was being unlocked.

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.