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	The "Olympic-hood" of the Traveling Athletes: Part I Prologue Maximillian Wu, Aleisha Davis, and Connor Ford are best friends, have been since they were in diapers. When they aren’t in school or sleep ...
	Super Fly Monty Fluttering was a normal fly. He was the proud father of 300 larvae and lived a happy, middle-class, house fly life. He was already one-month-ol ...
	Granny's Blue Suede Shoes Another perfectly sunny day and we were on our way to Granny’s house. I loved my Granny a bunch, but there was never any thing to do at her house besi ...
	Never-ending New Year's Eve On the morning of what was supposed to be January 1, Maddie Wyatt awoke with a huge smile on her face. "Hello 2008!" she exclaimed. ...
	Fire Walker Mika Star had a secret. A family secret. A secret that she hadn’t told anyone except Nightingale, her pet turtle. Mika was a member of the Wa-z ...
	Game Over: The Haunted Maze Malcolm loved soccer. He was co-captain of his middle school soccer team, he subscribed to three different soccer magazines, and he had an autographe ...
	The Penny Case You are a detective with Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization. You are assigned to the "Penny" case involving computer h ...
	The Strange Case of Dr. Peters and Mr. McGoo Lauren was not thrilled when her dad announced his State Department job was relocating them to Istanbul in Turkey. She loved her life in Perth, Iowa, ...
	The Book of Possibilities Every year, Gregory received a unique gift from his eccentric Uncle Theodore, who was an antiques dealer. One year, he got an edition of the first Bat ...
	The Case of the Missing Manuscript Sir William Chancery awoke before dawn in his London mansion. Not a naturally cheerful man, he arose in an especially good mood for he had recently a ...
	Adventures of Cora the Supermermaid! When Cora was ten years old, she was the happiest mermaid in the Pacific Ocean. She would play racing games with dolphins from Hawaii and swim on her ...
	Parade Pandemonium Connor loved going to the St. Patrick's Day parade. He went every year with his grandparents and his six cousins. That morning he awoke with excitemen ...
	Mountains of Snow When Andrew woke up, he realized that he’d overslept for school – again. It was almost 10 a.m. and his alarm hadn’t gone off. “Why didn’t Mom wake me ...
	Thanksgiving Day Mix-Up Thanksgiving was Teddy's favorite day of the whole year. He loved to wake up early and head downstairs to help his dad start cooking the yummiest thin ...
	Halloween Hoo-Ha Lauren was taking her little brother Tom out trick-or-treating. Lauren, who'd rather have been at a party with her friends, was in a bad mood. Tom and ...
	School Bus Bust Danielle was having a regular morning: She woke up for school, got ready, and ate breakfast. She got out to her bus stop at her usual time and waited. ...
	Heat Wave It was the hottest day Kelly could remember. She was used to August being hot, but this was too much. The air conditioning was hardly working, the poo ...
	Fast Fireworks Johnny was so excited about the 4th of July that he couldn't stand it. He loved this holiday. Every year he went to the park with his family to have a ...
	May Flowers Jenna walked to a field near her house to pick wildflowers for her mother for Mother's Day. She tried to pick mostly yellow and purple flowers, her mo ...
	April Showers On spring weekends, John, his little brother Seth, and their dad often went sailing. They had a small sailboat that was pretty old, but still did the ...
	March Madness It was the first warm day of the year, and for Thomas and his family, that meant one thing: baseball. Thomas had a big family, with three brothers and ...
	Spacey Sledding Kimmy and her neighborhood friend Jared loved sledding. Their town had a big snowstorm, and Kimmy and Jared headed down to the biggest, steepest hill. ...
	Nutcracker Nonsense Casey was stuck watching his sister dance in "The Nutcracker" -- again. Every year, he had to sit through the long ballet. This year, he had ...
	Turkey-Schmurkey Thanksgiving was always a zoo at Ellie's house. With 13 cousins, many aunts and uncles, and Ellie's parents and siblings, there was hardly room for ev ...
	Halloween Hoopla Jasmin's parents were legendary for the crazy Halloween parties they threw every year. Her dad built elaborate props and sets, and her mom made the be ...
	School Daze Sam let out a big yawn as he got off the school bus. He was having a hard time getting up early and remembering everything he needed for school. As he ...
	The Crazy Campfire Julie loved her Girl Scout troop's annual camping trip. They swam in a lake, hiked, played games, and roasted marshmallows over a campfire at night. O ...
	Off the Deep End Adam and his twin sister Amy were both stars of their neighborhood swim team. They swam every chance they got. They'd been begging their parents forev ...
	Freaky Father's Day Jack knew that Father’s Day was coming up soon, and he wanted to get his dad an awesome present. But Jack couldn't think of any great gift ideas. So h ...
	Magic Mom Sophia thought she had the world's best mom. Mrs. Rivera told great stories, made awesome cupcakes, and loved to go biking and swimming with her famil ...
	The Good Luck Tree Adrienne woke up super-early on April 22 -- it was Earth Day, and she and her friends were volunteering at a state park. They were part of a school gr ...
	Luck of the Irish Janey's mom always brought in St. Patrick's Day treats for her class. This year, her mom planned to bring green cupcakes, but she had a big project fo ...
	When Pigs Have Wings James loved animals so much that he wanted to be a vet or work in a zoo someday. On weekends, he often helped out at a nearby farm. His favorite anima ...
	Magic Mountain Meghan was on her first skiing trip with her family. Her older brother Brett was already a good skiier, but Meghan could barely stand up on her skis. ...
	The Book That Kept on Giving Nikki wasn't expecting any gifts this holiday season. Her family was tight on money, and things were even worse this year. Nikki tried to ignore all t ...
	Dinner on the Run It looked like it'd be another boring Thanksgiving for André and his family. Mom was doing all the cooking, Dad was cleaning up, and the rest of ...
	Spooky School Laurie had always heard rumors that her middle school was haunted, but she didn't believe it. She knew there was no such thing as ghosts. The week of ...
	Royal Dreams Jennifer had just finished reading her favorite book, "The Princess Diaries", when she fell fast asleep. She had stayed up late reading in b ...
	Creepy Corn on the Cob Brady's family lived near a big cornfield, which was owned by their neighbor, Mr. Maxfield. Mr. Maxfield was pretty weird, but he always let Brady and ...
	Summer Bummer Finally, it was the last day of school! Katey had been thinking about summer for weeks. She couldn't wait to swim, go to the beach, and spend every da ...
	Out of This World Sara's dad worked at an observatory, and she loved going to work with him so she could look at the stars through the huge telescope. Usually, he took ...
	Pinch Me Kelly's favorite holiday was St. Patrick's Day. Every year, her family celebrated by making a float for their town's St. Patrick's Day parade. This ye ...
	The Mile Run Today in gym class, we were supposed to run the mile – outside! We all got bundled up for the cold weather, but when we got to the gym, Coach McSwatt ...
	A Feast of Feathers Tim's favorite holiday was always Thanksgiving. He loved having his relatives come over. He loved to watch football on tv with his dad and grandpa. An ...
	Halloween Costume Chaos Every year, Marney's mother made her Halloween costume, but this year was different. Marney was eleven years old, and she wanted to make her own costu ...
	A Meaningful Memorial Day When we walked into history class one Monday in the middle of May, Mr. Murphy had written on the chalkboard, "What is Memorial Day?" "I ...
	Dinner for Breakfast James was sleepy as he went downstairs for breakfast. As he sat down at the kitchen table, he noticed that instead of his usual breakfast of juice and ...
	The Meatball Plant It had been to long to winter, and Johnny was happy to see the first spring plants and flowers starting to grow in his backyard. Johnny saw daffodils ...
	A Different Kind of Valentine Madeline was feeling very shy. The children in her class were passing out their Valentine's Day cards to each other. Earlier in the week, Madeline tho ...
	Tricky Ski Trip Mildred asked me to go along with to her family for to their yearly trip to the ski lodge. On the drive to the mountains all Mildred talked about was ...
	The Unusual Holiday Tree This was our first holiday since we moved from Maine to Arizona. We were all looking forward to our to winter holiday. One night, Dad came home and ye ...
	Odd Cousin Nora Sammy's cousin, Nora, was invited to Thanksgiving dinner. Sammy had never met Nora before. In fact, Sammy's mom had always talked about Nora as being ...
	Summer of Fun I was really looking forward to my upcoming summer. I would be a Junior Counselor at Camp Towanga. But one night my mom said she had some bad news. “ ...
	It's Too Hot! Everyone in Jenny’s apartment building has been really grumpy. The air conditioning system has been broken since the 4th of July, and the summer tempe ...
	Lights Out! Mary and her sister, Casey, were terrified!Mary was babysitting her little sister when the power went out in the house. It was windy and stormy outsid ...
	Be My Valentine Usually Paul couldn’t wait for the end of the school day – but not today. Paul’s mom was making him go to the Valentine’s Dance, even though he really ...
	Mother's Day Mayhem This year, Mother's Day was extra important -- it was also my mom's birthday! My little brother, Eric, and I decided to give her a special gift. Mom l ...
	Planet Weird Joey was stuck visiting his great-aunt Hilda this weekend. She had lots of fun stuff at her house -- like a telescope and a huge magnifying glass - ...
	Back to Cruel Tommy sighed as he got in the car with mother to drive to school. It was hard to go back to school now that his mom was a teacher at his school. As th ...
	A Valentine's Mess Not everyone in Mrs. Elroy's class was excited about Valentine's Day -- especially Scott. He didn't like the cards or all the talk about lovey-dovey s ...
	Where is Mr. Lincoln? To celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Liza’s family decided to take a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. King gave h ...
	Valentine's Day Birthday Mary had always felt extra special because of her Valentine's Day birthday. Every year, her mom would bake a strawberry cake with bright pink icing, a ...
	Eat my dust! Mary Sue would ride her bike to nowhere in particular. She zoomed up and down concrete streets so smooth and perpendicular. Mary Sue's little b ...