and the book said the the book belonged to her mom. She went downstairs and showed the book to her mom. Her mom was so surprised and she told her the story and that it was passed down to generations in the family. Her mom told her how to use the book, that you had to say where you wanted to go. The girl showed her mom where the portal was. Her mom said that she had to show her something so they hopped into the paral. When they go there they were inside of a cave. After they walked a little they found a gem, her mom said that this was an ancient gem. Her mom said that it was almost dinner time. When she was done with dinner she had to go to bed. When she woke up her mom was waiting for her to go on another adventure together. The mom said she had to get ready so she did and they hopped into the portal. When they got out they were in her Grandma’s house and she saw that her grandma wrote the book. Her mom said that she found the gem and that she figured out how to use the portal. The Power of Books By Eleanor S., Grade 3 Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Charlotte. One day, Charlotte was stumbling around London, looking for something to do. Charlotte was a bright little girl of eleven years old. She loved to read all books, but her favorite type were books about the past. It just intrigued her so much that people in the olden days could do many of the things people could do now! By now, Charlotte was right around the corner from her favorite library. Charlotte went in, and checked out a book on famous people in the 1900’s, but she didn’t notice that the books pages possessed an eerie glow. When Charlotte opened the book later, she was immediately sucked into the pages, and when she opened her eyes, she found herself sitting on a small stool right next to Roald Dahl himself! “Hi!” Charlotte said quietly, not knowing if she should run away or stay still. “Hi!” Said Mr. Dahl. “Um... Hi! I’m Charlotte, and I’m from 2022, and- ” “Ah, yes, to get back to your time, you need to go to the library, find a book on 2021, and you need to open to the exact page number you opened to when you traveled to 1983, and read the whole book starting from there. Open to the exact page again, and mutter the incantation: ‘Keyflew’. After that, you need to jump up and down three times, find a river, throw the book in the river while jumping, and then in one poof of purple mist you should be back at home.” Said Mr. Dahl. “Whoa! Uh, okay, first of all, how is it not strange to you that I’m an eleven year old girl from the future coming from a weird dusty old book? Second of all, where do you find a library and a river?” Charlotte said, confused. “Well, there is a river at the end of the path of blue stones, and the library is next door, and people from the 2020s come here all of the time through books, I’m used to it by now.” Said Mr. Dahl. Whoa, Charlotte thought. As Charlotte skipped out the door, she thanked Mr. Dahl and set off to the library. The library was called Lily’s Bookstore, and it looked very new. Charlotte found the owner of the bookstore, Lily, and asked if the library had any books on 2022. Lily said that today was her day off and she was leaving now, but her daughter, Emma, was left in charge of the library while she was gone, and Emma knew the library. Emma was eleven years old, like Charlotte, and she was a pretty girl with brown curls and blue eyes. “May I help you?” Emma asked “Yes, please. I’m looking for a book about 2022?” Said Charlotte. “There is one book on shelf 729 called Philosophy Of The Future that is about 2022,” said Emma, “But it is not very useful.” THE CLARION
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