"The Last Speck of Light"
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The seventh night…. The crystalline glass reflected Anielle’s face, and the fluorescent light behind her small room, as she gazed outside her window into the starlit sky. The dozens of other menorahs, through the other pane windows, surrounding her house; bounced there light one to the other, as she tried to drown out the voices coming the from behind her...
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8th Grade Contest Winner!
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...She is more likely an Indian traditional girl. Before coming to America, she was outgoing and bright, but now she is standing in front of her new American 8th grade class and everything she was in India vanished..
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7th Gr. 2nd Place Winner!
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It was a cool, breezy October afternoon, just a mere week away from Halloween. Ahlam, a young ten-year-old girl, hopped off her school bus and cheerfully bounded down the street toward her house. As Ahlam skipped down the street, she could see the familiar iron gates stretching along the side of the house as if protecting it. She opened the gate and let herself into a place that truly made her happy: home...
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