In the Shadows of Chip City by 826michigan

IN THE SHADOWS OF CHIP CITY!

Written

by Students of Ms. Henderson 4th-grade Class at University Prep Science & Math

826michigan Staff

Megan Shuchman, Executive Director

Kinyel Friday, Operations Director

Megan Gilson, Program Manager

Denise Ervin, Program Manager

Amy Sumerton, Development & Communications Manager

Eli Sparkman, Volunteer & Program Coordinator

Shai Rao, Partnership Specialist

Diamond Sharpe, Program & Volunteer Administrative Assistant

Valencia Gulley, Retail Administrative Assistant

826michigan Board of Directors

Maria Montoya, President & Secretary

Holly Hunt, Treasurer

Christopher Ankney

Abby Fanelli

James A. Hiller

Danté Richmond

Phil Weiss

826michigan gratefully recognizes the incredible generosity of its Board, individual funders—including our recurring givers, our “Hero Bots”—and foundation and corporate partners that make its work possible in providing free quality writing programs to the students of southeastern Michigan. In particular, we wish to acknowledge: the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Detroit Arts Support, Domino’s, EOTECH, the Flagstar Foundation, Galens Medical, the Hawkins Project, the Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor Foundation, the May Family Foundation, the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, the Michigan Humanities Council, Skillman Foundation, the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, the United Way of Southeast Michigan, Warby Parker, and Zingerman’s Mail Order.

To help ensure that 826michigan’s work is sustained in the future, please contact Executive Director Megan Shuchman at megan.s@826michigan.org.

The views expressed in this book are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of 826michigan. We believe in the power of youth voice and are thrilled that you picked up this book. No part of this book may be reproduced without express written permission from the publisher, except for small excerpts for the purposes of review or scholarly study.

By purchasing this book, you are helping 826michigan continue to offer free student programs. For more information, please visit: 826michigan.org

In the shadows of Chip City, a tiny speck grows on a flower in a soccer field made of clouds in heaven. All of the people in the city are chips and they have to be protected from villains by superheroes.

When Chip Breaker and Taki Man try to rob the cloud bank of its flowers, Flying Woman and Officer Candy Starfish must jump into action. Flying Woman comes from her chip mansion while Officer Starfish swims through a cotton candy cloud. They call for help, and Heaven Lady, Ronaldo, Sperter Cookie, and Fenkell Man join in the battle.

There are only 2 ways for the villain to be defeated: either Fenkell Man must win a game of basketball against Chip Breaker or Ronaldo and Sperter Cookie must defeat Taki Man in a game of soccer with a live ball!

If Fenkell Man wins the basketball game, turn to page 2. If the live ball makes it impossible for Ronaldo and Sperter Cookie to lose, turn to page 3.

Chipman will be in Chip City to protect all the chips from chipbreaker. Chipbreaker sends his owl candy starfish down to the Chip City to capture all chips once in for all. Then, BOOOM!! Heaven Lady sends Flying Woman down to Chip City to rescue all the chips, but she was too late, Don Don Doooooooooooon

If Starfish candyman yells stop at Taki Man. Dorito Man throws Doritos at Taki Man. Heaven Woman shows up and makes the speck come off and blows up Dorito Man. Fenkell Man gets mad and battles Heaven Woman! Write your own ending.

If Fenkell Man says good game to Taki Man and the game ends. Fenkell Man wins the game and gets a trophy. Fenkell Man’s friends get released. It was one of the friend’s birthdays so they had a party. They also had ice cream and cookies. After they had a Halloween Party. They didn’t invite Taki Man and he got mad so he messed up the party. Cheeto Man got a ps4 and taki Man destroyed it because he was jealous. Write your own ending.

Ronaldo has a game with Messi and there is a flower growing and Ronaldo passes the ball to Messi, but the ball is moving by itself and it kicks the flowers and it unlocked the chipbreaker’s layer. Cookiebreaker said, “Don’t eat that!” And Ronaldo breaks the cookie and the cookiebreaker is mad. Another Sperter cookie kicked the ball and heard a noise. The ball got to Chip City and they had to chase it, meanwhile flying woman was at the cloud bank…

To see what happens at the Bank of Clouds, write your own ending.

To see what happens with the soccer ball, write your own ending.

(space to write your own ending)

inspires school-aged students to write with skill and confidence in collaboration with adult volunteers in their communities.

Our writing programs uphold a culture of creativity and imagination and support students in establishing strong habits of mind. Through publication and community engagement, we provide students with an authentic and enthusiastic audience for their writing.

Our programs provide an energizing creative outlet for students and meaningful volunteer opportunities for community members.

WORKSHOPS

We offer a number of free workshops taught by professional artists, writers, and our talented volunteers. From comic books to screenplays, bookmaking to radio, our wide variety of workshops are perfect for writers of all ages and interests. One of the most popular workshops we offer is our weekly Wee-bots program for elementaryaged writers.

IN-SCHOOL PROJECTS

Our trained volunteers go into local public schools to support teachers with their classroom writing assignments. In partnership with the teacher’s curriculum, writing projects range from writing fairy tales to crafting college essays to exploring poetry.

FIELD TRIPS & ROADSHOWS

Students come as a class to our writing lab to join a group of volunteers, interns, and staff in order to help solve a problem through writing—whether that is our grumpy editor Dr. Blotch’s insomnia, our looming story deadline, a mystery in need of solving, or one of the many others we encounter. Our field trips and roadshows (where we bring our volunteers, interns, and staff to your classroom with a kit full of 826 magic) always end in a finished publication of original writing that students take home.

OUR STORE

Our Robot Supply Co. store is a one-stop shop for robots, robot owners, and enthusiasts alike. It is designed to inspire creativity and bring awareness of our programs to the community. In addition, our online store is always open; visit the Robot Supply Co. at onwardrobots.com. All proceeds from our store directly fund our free student programming. Onward robots!

WRITING IS

We support the ways that writers work (like thinking, sketching, talking)

We study the writing we want to do so we can try it

We learn how to change our writing for genre, audience, and purpose

We work with a group of writers who help and support each other www.826michigan.org

826 National was inspired to take a stand on issues of inclusion and diversity in light of the many events that spotlighted social and racial injustices throughout the country. We as educators, volunteers, and caring adults need to be aware of the wide range of issues our students face on a day-to-day basis. We need to support these young people as they navigate through and try to make sense of the world and their own identities.

We need the support and the feedback from our community to ensure 826 is living up to these standards. Through our inclusion statement, our internal diversity and inclusion group, cultural competency resources provided to staff and volunteers, and partnerships with other organizations, we are always working towards being a more inclusive and supportive organization.

We at 826 have the privilege of working with the next generation of scholars, teachers, doctors, artists, lawyers, and writers. It's our job to make sure they are able to take their own stands.

As an organization committed to encouraging youth in their creative expression, personal growth, and academic success, 826 National and its chapters recognize the importance of diversity at all levels and in all aspects of our work. In order to build and maintain the safe, supportive 826 environment in which great leaps in learning happen, we commit ourselves to inclusion: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, nationality, marital status, English fluency, parental status, military service, or disability.

The 826 National network is committed to encouraging youth to express themselves and to use the written word to effectively do so. We encourage our students to write, take chances, make decisions, and finish what they start. And 826 strives to do this in an environment free from discrimination and exclusion.

by Gerald Richards, CEO