"She has a name. She had a family. She has a will of her own. I want you to remember that. Be careful. Be kind. And always remember that she is as much a person as you are.”
At the back of the boxcar, something small and almost human crouched in the dimness. The creature wasn’t in a cage. Whenever Henry’s father locked this animal behind bars, it screeched so loudly that Henry begged for it to be let out.
Not all cold things are lifeless,
dear reader.
Not all that listens is silent.
The moment I saw Artie Ranberg, I knew there was something special about him. Fresh off the bus for my first day at Traverse City High, he stood at the front of a queue of upperclassmen, shaking hands and welcoming all of us freshmen to our new...
I pointed with fingers numb from the damp air, alone by the water again.
“Hey Everybirdy, Everybirdy look at me!”
said the biggest, loudest birdy in the Evergreen Tree.
“I’ve got a lot to say, a lot of worms to eat,
and I’ll tell you more about it in my very next tweet”.