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Story Boing Boing By Sydney, age 9 Hi and welcome to Boing Boing Story! My name is Sydney. So, this is my story: One day I was at school. I was with my teacher. My friend came up to me and said, “Look at my Boing Boing. Do you want a Boing Boing?” I said, “Yes, I will love a Boing Boing.” So that is how Boing Boing was made.
Time Wasters! By Owen, age 8 One time I had to write about the Great Chicago Fire and I hated it. So I built a time machine so I could prevent the fire from happening! But when I got there, I started wasting time... Two hours later “Oh no,” I said. I went back in the time machine at the last second. Back at school I got an F.
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The Hero By Kiasa, age 10 Once upon a time there was a hero who got hurt from poison. The villain made his own villain suit and poured poison around the city. A superhero came to save the city and catch the bad guy. The bad guy went to prison and everyone was happy.
Scorpion
The Man
Spider-Man
The Monkey
Cats, Cats and Cats By Remas, age 8 Once upon a time I was coming home from school. A cat started to follow me. I recognized the cat. It was my neighbour’s cat, Archie.
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Gymnastics By Sundas, age 8 I loved gymnastics when I was two. When I grew up, I got better. I like to do gymnastics. It is so much fun. I like doing so much stuff in gymnastics. I am so good. I do gymnastics with my friends. I get better and better and better and better. I still love gymnastics.
Sisters for Life, Part 2 By Sasha, age 8 There were two sisters, named Sasha and Aimee. They had a very, very nice aunty. She said, “Let’s go on a hike and camping!” They packed all their stuff and they went on a bike for six hours! Finally, they got to the top of the mountain. But they didn’t hear their aunty say they were only staying up for one day. The next day the kids were awake and going crazy. They didn’t hear their aunty say, “We’re going now.” So they were still playing when their aunty left. Then it became night! Fog drifted down and the sisters were so scared. They told each other to split up and try to hear if there were cars on the road. But when they did that, they got lost. Sasha did find the road, but Aimee was so frightened! Sasha ran so far to reach Aimee. When she saw her, she yelled, “Hey! I found the road!” They ran all the way back to the road together. Suddenly, they saw their aunty drive straight out of the parking lot. Sasha ran as fast as she could and yelled, “Don’t go! Wait for us!” Their aunty stopped, rolled down the window and said, “Oh my gosh! I am so sorry, guys!” And the sisters were saved. The next day it was Aimee’s birthday and she invited all their friends. It was so nice. After they were fed, the party was over and they were sisters for life again.
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All About Chocolate By Joey, age 6
First, chocolate comes out from the cocoa tree. Then they melt it and they unsqueeze the buds. The bad buds get put into a different pot and it grows another cocoa plant.
After the bad buds make another cocoa plant, they take the bad buds and make other cocoa plants. It’s a cycle that keeps going.
When one cocoa plant is left, the good buds get taken out and melted to make chocolate. You also need air to make chocolate.
The melted chocolate is used for donuts. The ones that aren’t sweet are made into chocolate sauce.
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The Series of Nonsense Events, Part 2 By Chi Chi, age 11 Welcome back to The Series of Nonsense Events! If you haven’t read Part 1 then DO NOT READ THIS! You have been warned. Remember the fish that died in Encanto? I ate that fish’s guts for dinner and it was scrumptious! Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (fear of long words) is a long word so people who have Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia would scream if they read this. And they can’t say they have Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. You’ve read a lot and you’re probably too tired to read more. But pizza is just flat bread with liquid tomato with stiff cheese and other toppings (this idea is by Aisa—not Asia). Some of you guys know K-pop right? Well, did you know that Korea learns from America while China learns from Korea? I will eat Putin like poutine. You’re basically drinking pee because all water gets reused. Food wouldn’t taste good without saliva. If womb is pronounced woom and tomb is pronounced toom, why isn’t bomb pronounced boom? I ran out of ideas so, yeah. I don’t know if I will do a Part 3.
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Coco and Dezi, Best Friends By Ruoa, age 9 Part 1 One time there was a unicorn living in the forest. Her name was Coco. She lived in the forest for four years. She was small and cute. She was really happy. She always laughed, and she played with friends. Part 2 One day she met a girl in her class. The girl was mean. She always laughed at the unicorn. The mean girl, Dezi, lied to the teacher. Dezi told the teacher that Coco broke the window. The teacher talked with Coco, then the bell rang and they went home. Part 3 Dezi thought about the lie she told. She decided that she wanted to be kind, and then she went to sleep. The next day, she was kind. She told the teacher that she had lied about Coco. Coco heard and said to Dezi, “That’s so kind of you. Why did you lie?” Dezi said, “Because I was sad and jealous.” Coco and Dezi became best friends.
Butterfly, Part 4 By Sara, age 10 You can read Part 3 in It’s Raining Brains... This time I am going to tell you the names. The first butterfly is called Lucy, the second is called Layla, the third is called Daisy and the fourth is called Mary. And the fifth one is called Rose. And now let’s continue the story. This time the butterflies wanted to do something new, like to go on a trip to the zoo, because they wanted to meet the other butterflies. So they went. But first, they almost forgot to eat breakfast. So Lucy, Layla, Daisy, Mary and Rose ate their breakfast and left. They went to the zoo and they met the other butterflies. They had so much fun together!
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No Seaweed! By Marah, age 8 Once upon a time there was a world without seaweed. I hated the world without seaweed, and I obviously did not eat any food. Until one day the sky was raining seaweed, and we lived happily ever after.
Aerofly and Flight Simulator By Matthias, age 11 It is a plane game. It does stuff like flying. It goes to the airport.
Candy and the Seaweed By Yasmeen, age 8 Once upon a time my dad got some Candyland. Seaweed and more seaweed. Seaweed is so, so, so yummy, yum yum yum.
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Kenny By Kiana, age 10, and their volunteer, Vicky In the beginning, there was Kenny. He dropped his stinky tiger ice cream. A dog sniffed it and thought it smelled like cheese and fish. Then his thought cloud started raining onto the dirt, and it grew a potato that somehow became a cat maid. The sun came out and melted a person. His eyeballs popped out! Apparently, Dr. Flug built a teleporting machine that brought 505 and himself into this world, and created this madness! The reader is fin... wait! Why are you still here?! You should be gone. Shoo! Shoo! (sniff sniff) You smell like cheese and fish...
Spring By Sireen, age 9 Springtime! Spring is all about the lovely nature.
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Ronaldo By Hamza, age 7 One day I saw Ronaldo playing soccer. I asked Ronaldo, “Can I play soccer with you?” He said yes, and then Uday came and asked if he could play with us. Ronaldo said, “Okay, Uday.” Then Khalil came and said, “Can I play with you?” Ronaldo said yes again. We were having so much fun, and we played all night long.
Accidents By Lucia, age 8 I broke my mom’s vase. I was choking on the bread I was eating when I broke it. Then I decided to play ball with my friends. It was dodgeball. I accidentally kicked the ball and hurt my friends. I cried for hours. I decided to build back my mom’s vase so she wouldn’t get mad at me. After that I went to my friend’s birthday party. I was hitting the pinata. I spun around too much and accidentally hit my friend. I went back home and broke my mom’s vase again. I decided to buy a new one. My mom came back and she was happy.
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The Talking Walking Ice Cream By Ana, age 9 One day an ice cream came out to play. But a boy chased the ice cream. The ice cream was scared. The boy kept chasing the ice cream but after a while the boy got sleepy. He went inside his home, so the ice cream was saved. Ice cream!
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Luey By Louisa, age 9 Once there was a girl named Sydney. She really did not like Luey. She decided to do a crime. The next day she did the crime. A girl named Lucia called a detective named Louisa. We went to the crime scene and we knew it was Sydney. Sydney got arrested.
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Mom and Guy By William, age 10 Mom
Guy
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Don’t make me fight you... Guy
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with my new computer
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because I want to play Minecraft...
Cuphead By Clancy, age 11
Never let Cuphead in
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Get Out of My Room, Mom — I’m Playing Minecraft By Aaron, age 10
Get out
No
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BFFs, Part 1 By Taima, age 9, and Malak, age 10 Once upon a time there were two BFFs. They were so scary.
Stay tuned for Part 2. Sorry if this is too short for y’all, bye. But if you love this so far, circle one of these words: Yes
Maybe Nah
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Soccer Day By Uday, age 8 One day there were three boys playing soccer. Then one got hurt and the other two ran away.
Messi, Ronaldo and Ronaldo Jr. By Khalil, age 9 One day I saw a soccer ball and I played with it. Then two boys came. One was named Messi and the other one was named Ronaldo. But my name is Ronaldo Jr.
Pizza By Biden, age 9
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Goosebumps 500x By Ali M., age 8 Once upon a time there was a human who changed into a monster named Goosebumps.
Charizard Is Defeated in One Shot By Mattias, age 8 Part 1 Charizard lost in one shot from a Pokémon. One day, every single Charizard got so weak. Charizard didn’t want to fight but every Pokémon said, “Let’s go!” Pikachu wanted to fight but Charizard got his power back and got revenge. Charizard defeated Pikachu but then Zapdos came back to defeat Charizard. Mega Charizard defeated Zapdos to save Charizard, because they’re family. Zapdos got defeated by fire spin. Charizard did that to Zapdos and beat him. Part 2 Dragonite came to defeat Charizard. Charizard said, “Dragonite’s strong, too!” Charizard got defeated, but Mega Charizard came and said, “I can’t defeat Mega Charizard.” Dragonite ran away. Part 3 Charizard’s enemy was Cinderace. Cinderace was too strong and Charizard was not strong, so he called his family. Charizard’s family came to defeat his enemy. Charizard said, “One Cinderace vs. the whole family of Charizard, Chameleon and Charmander!” Cinderace called his family, too. Charizard still won!
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Bella By Malak, age 10 Missing Girl
One day a girl got in a fight with her boyfriend and they ended up breaking up. The girl was devastated. Then one day she went on a walk to her favourite park where she loved to play on the swings. She saw a puddle and when she looked closer a reflection of her showed up... But it was a bad reflection. The girl yelled, “Help!” The reflection of her got out of the puddle and went up to her... Then, in the neighbourhood, there was a sharp silence. There was a missing girl—and it was the girl that disappeared. She was long gone.
Help Find. $1000 Reward.
Be careful. Are you scared of me? Circle one: Yes No
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Rage and Tom By Luke, age 10 One day Rage was walking down the street. He met Tom.
Did you do something to him?
Oh no, he is sleeping
Grrr Hu!
Rage was not raging anymore. He was happy. He made a friend. Little Rage did not feel like he wanted to harm people anymore. But then Tom said, “Hey I don’t want to be friends with you.”
TRIGGERED
You hurt my brother
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Winter By Sherry, age 9 E
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Tea Party By Brooklyn, age 8 Once upon a time there was a bunny. His name was Peter and he was having a tea party. He was so excited. He grabbed the teacups and plates and went to the supermarket. He bought teacup plates. He also bought some berries and tea mix and croissants and macaroons and chocolate chip cookies and strawberries. Then he went to the clothing store and bought a pink suit. He made flyers that said, “Come to my tea party and wear pink.” He went back home and started getting ready for the party. He made a display for all the stuff. He also made a tablecloth. He put the display on the tablecloth. Then he made the tea. He was putting on his suit. Just then, there was a knock at the door. All of his friends came to the tea party! They all had a tea party!
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Drawing By M.S.G.T.C., age 13
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Dark Humour, Part 2 By Oluwadara, age 11 Warning! This Part 2 of the Dark Humour, and it’s even more gruesome. !!Extra trigger warning!! This isn’t supposed to be mean. This is for spreading awareness about poverty, racism and food access. These are important to learn about, and what’s a better way to learn than with a joke to ease the pain? Dark humour is like food. Not everyone gets it. My grandpa says I rely on technology too much so I called him a hypocrite and unplugged his breathing aid to charge my phone. They said painting is the soul of life, so I painted a soul and now I own that life. Why do cannibals not eat clowns? ’Cause they taste funny. Funerals are too overcrowded... presidents are just dying to get in. I think some people take advantage of my kindness. What kindness? Note: some of these are taken from Google and some are original.
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Donut Donut By Donut, age 9 There was a donut.
There was a donut called Donut.
There was a Jasmine called Donut.
The end.
The end.
There was a Katelee called Katelee.
There was a Meghan called Meghan.
The end.
The end.
There was a donut called Donut.
There was a Fred called Fred.
The end.
The end.
There was a donut called Donut Donut.
The end.
There was a Meghan called Donut. The end.
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The end.
My House By Wilson, age 11
The House I Want When I Am Older
Bedroom
Book room Garage Kitchen
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Pikachu Goes Bowling By Anthony, age 6 Pikachu is very strong. He gets a strike. He’s really good!
Apple and Mango By Ayla, age 8, and Aya, age 7 Once upon a time there was an apple and a mango and they became best friends. They went to the playground and played on the monkey bars and watched the sunset. Then they went home, changed into their pajamas, brushed their teeth and went to bed.
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My Friends By Aiyana, age 12
My brother
Karis
Ali
Her friend
My friends are Karis, Ali and Chinedo.
Shirley
That’s Shirley’s friend, so yah. Moving on.
Me
Napaysni Serenity Claire
And that’s it! Go ahead and leave me alone!
They’re crazy!
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My Favourite Stuff By Serenity, age 11
Food
Drawing FRIENDS
A.C. S.T. A.A. N.P.
Animals
K.G. N. E.M. J.B.
FAMILY N. S.T. E.S. M.C. B.C.
Friends and Family
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The Hoppit, Part 2 By Cosmo, age 11
Why?
5 hours later
End
Lava
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Spy Base By Ayla, age 8
Phyllis
Ayla
Our Pokémon came back.
Yay Aya
Let’s go
The End
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The Girl Who Wanted a Dog By Mia C., age 8 Once upon a time there was a girl who always wanted a dog
So she went to the pet store
Which one should I pick?
I want that one
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Monster Truck By Arjuna, age 7
Games By Alif, age 7
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Spring By Anaya, age 6
Anime By Armando, age 10 I play video games for 10 hours and watch anime.
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My IKEA By Nico, age 9
Nico
Plant Bedroom Tree
Shower
Table
Toilet Lightbulb
Oven Microwave
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The Investigators, Episode 1 By Tima, age 10 Hi! I’m Bob and I’m going to go see the Ratman
Microphone
Um, hi?
Okay? We’re going to a cave?
Ahhh!!
H... ello
The End
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Peta, Part 1 By L.C., age 11
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The Tale from the Medieval Century (The Game Show) By Kasper, age 11 Year 1500
Maybe he has a skull face
Get back HERE! Random Illuminati gibberish Meet Mr. Knight
Meet Anonymous!
You can't see his hands or legs
Anonymous guy GO GO GO!!
He has to outrun a knight.
Anonymous wins!
Cool Cape blowing in the wind
*shuffle shuffle*
Grrrr
I am the Illuminati!
Since I won...
Floating
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Balloon Boi By Katelee, age 9 Can I have?
Thank you
uh oh balloon
help... please?
in heaven... Heaven
Is this the end?
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A Sad Story About Rapunzel By Jaden, age 9
Ummm
Stop!
Psycho
Once upon a time there was a girl named Rapunzel. She was taken away from her adopted parents by the most evil lady in town. The evil lady hid Rapunzel in a tall building in the woods. As Rapunzel grew older she dreamed about going away to a small town far away from the village, and then she started laughing like a psychopath. One day, an ugly prince came her way. In Rapunzel’s mind, she thought, “This boy looks like...” (Reminder: this is a kid-friendly story.) The prince said, “Dear, dear, Rapunzel, let me save you.” Rapunzel said, “Boy, I don’t need a prince.” Then, Rapunzel magically went out of the tall tower.
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Ur Lazy By Andrei, age 11
U sus
Quack
What!!!!
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ha ha
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Quack Two eggs... find them
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Zombies By L.C., age 11, and Emerito, age 10
OK
Let’s do this
Yay
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Uh oh
What’s happening
AHHHH
BRAINS
YOU CAN’T RUN, I AM A GOD
Zombie
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Shark Truck By John, age 7 Really poopy. Really stinky. Really, really, really stinky.
The Bear By Ari, age 8 One day there was a bear. His name was Mr. Bear. He was happy, but one day he went to a tree...
He goes in the tree
Oh no...
Today I am going to go to a tree
In the tree...
He ran for one hour and 30 minutes. Then he went to sleep safely.
Ahhh Go now
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Pikachu By M.J., age 7
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Can I? By Rosemary, age 6
Mom
Can I?
Fine
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Toes By Unknown, age 13
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How to Find Real Friends By J.A., age 9 How to find real friends: BE SMART. Fake friend
Me
Back Back Back Stabber
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You Farted By Ali, age 10
It’s the perfect time
*farts*
The End!
You farted!
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Spies in the Dark Mystery, Chapter 2 By Phyllis, age 10 Meanwhile
Why is it so dark? Mia! Ayla! Aya! Elton! Where are you guys? Huh?
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Where am I? UGH! Midnight MIDNIGHT... must be behind this.
Okay, first of all: why am I here? Second, where is everybody? Huh? What’s going on? Hello?
Help!
LOVE?
Wait no, Phyllis! Why can’t I move!? What? Midnight! I can’t believe you’re doing this! Ayla!? Aya!? Elton!? Phyllis, can you move? I...UGH! can’t! It’s cold! Are we in an ice kingdom?
What am I going to do? Think, Phyllis think... I’ll use my spy gear... Oh yea, it’s gone. Hmmmmm... Let me try to call someone.
Ayla
Aya GASP! Where am I? Why is it so dark?
UGH! Midnight, you are behind this I knew it! Now why can’t I move?
Why am I here?
Were we just at QA? What? How did I get here? I gotta see who’s behind this. I’m thirsty. VERY thirsty I want to drink orange juice. Man it’s so dark. Hello? Hello? Phyllis? Mia? Aya? Elton? Why is it so dark? UGH... This is so creepy.
How did I get here? UGH! Where is everyone? HELLO!?
Why do I feel like someone’s behind me? Hello?
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Yes! You have to steal the kingdom’s gem... Mia? Do you know how we get out!?
Where’s the rest of the team? Why are we on a stage? No one is here. We are not here to perform.
Why is it so dark?! Where are all the colours?!
We are in the middle of nowhere?
All Kingdoms I know
Mia? Where are you?! I’m very hungry. I’m scared. Portal
Why are we in spring— kingdom?
Hello?
To be continued... “SPY” BFF!
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Hi By Shirley, age 12
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Bye By Karis, age 11
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The Disappearance of Eo1 By Aiden, age 12 There was a robot called Eo1. Eo1 was very loyal to its masters. These “masters” were scientists who were creating robots to help humans with their everyday problems. When Eo1 was in its testing phase, it was the first and only robot these scientists had made so far. After a long day of testing on Eo1, the scientists went to their homes. They kept Eo1 in the lab. The next day, the scientists found out that Eo1 had disappeared. They looked around for clues on where the robot had gone, but the scientists found nothing. A few hours later, the scientists told the police to file a “missing” report for Eo1. The police found it weird to do this for a robot, but they did it anyway. In the report, the scientists promised $50,000 to anyone who found Eo1. Eventually, people around the world started looking for Eo1, but no luck. Five months later, everyone had given up on looking for Eo1. Despite $50,000 possibly waiting for them, it was just too hard to find the robot. In fact, some people began to think it was a hoax to rile people up. Meanwhile, the scientists were getting ready to unveil their next robot: Eo2. This time, the scientists felt confident about their robot. But then the next day, Eo2 also disappeared. The scientists felt really disappointed about this. Once news got around about the Eo2 disappearance, people started losing hope for the company. The scientists, still confident, still released robots. But the cycle continued. Eo3: Gone. Eo4: Gone. Eo5: Gone. After Eo10 went missing, the scientists finally gave up. Too many robots went missing.
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¿Uuqinak'uuh Elementary I Like Uno By Adara, age 9 I like to play it at home, at school, at Writers’ Exchange... basically everywhere!
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Rex Wing By Ghinnvieve, age 10 Rex Wings are mystical dragons. They have a stinger that folds out from the tip of their tail. They have a strong jaw and a deadly pouch. Females are more magnificent and stronger than males.
All the Things You Can Play Foosball With (That Aren’t a Ball) By Ashton, age 12, J.N.S., age 13, and Shyanne, age 12 • • • • • •
A bracelet A teddy bear Babybel cheese Toast Animation The handle from the foosball table
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Colour Me, I’m Bob By Lily/Bob, age 11 I like turtles and mashed potatoes. I have anxiety.
Colour me!
Reasons Why School Is Dumb By Your Mom, age “your mom’s” #1 #2
I hate school. I have to learn.
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Mushrooms By Deana, age 11, and Phoenix, age 11
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Peas By D.A., age 10 Peas! I LOVE PEAS !
The Dot By M.E., age 10 Can you spot the dot? Look HARDER.
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Drawings By Shayanna, age 11
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Hi, Part 2 By Hunter, age 10
Queen Elizabeth
poof
1 year later zoo wee mama
War
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Drawing By Ana Julia, age 11
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All the Sonic Characters I Know By J.B., age 10
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Top 2 Lunch Places Near Britannia By Xisiwe, age 14 #2 Uprising Breads Get the turkey pesto with a San Pellegrino or a cherry Happy Planet and the blue raspberry cake thing. #1 D.L. Chicken Get a box of fries with dust and D.L. sauce and a root beer.
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Thunderbird Elementary
First Day at Writers’ Exchange By Amber, age 12, and Esther, age 13 When we went to Writers’ Exchange, we were so excited because we had snacks and did some activities. It was the most fun program that we’ve ever experienced. Every Monday when we come there are usually different activities, which is actually amazing. We were very certain that we would both love it. Writers’ Exchange Activities: • Capture the flag • Uno game • Guess who • Rainbow looms • Gummy tasting • Oreo tasting
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Toby By Hunter, age 11 There is a dog named Toby. He is one year old, and about to turn two. His favourite food is meat, and he likes to go on walks. He is white and has three orange spots on him, and his best friend is one of my friends’ dog. (I forget the dog’s name.) My dog always howls when me and my mom and stepdad go out. One day I went out with my dog for a walk, and we saw another dog. My dog went crazy. Toby was pulling on the leash hard and I couldn’t hold it so I accidentally let it go. Toby ran to the dog and I tried to get him but he was too fast. Then the other dog went in the car and my dog started chasing the car. I tried to catch him, but I saw someone else get him and that person gave him to me. And then we went back home and I told my mom that the next time I take Toby for a walk she has to come with me.
The Characters in Encanto By Destiny, age 11 Married Characters Abuelo/Pedro Abeula/Alma
Age: Dead Gift: None Age: 75 Gift: candle holder
The Triplets Pepa Age: 50 Gift: Weather control Julieta Age: 50 Gift: Healing (food)
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Bruno Age: 50 Gift: Seeing the future Félix (husband of Pepa) Age: 50 Gift: Calming down Pepa Agustín (husband of Julieta) Age: 47 Gift: Getting hurt The Cousins Isabella Dolores Luisa Camilo Mirabel Antonio
Age: 22 Gift: Plants Age: 22 Gift: Hearing Age: 19 Gift: Strength Age: 15 Gift: Shape-shifting Age: 15 Gift: None Age: 5 Gift: Communication with animals
Lukas By Dave, age 13 Once upon a time there was a kid named Lukas. After a few years, he developed the first banking game. It was called Foot. It was the same concept as Monopoly but you have more punishment.
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Lousie’s Wild Adventure By Athenna, age 11 One day Lousie saw a big private jet. But she was so hungry that she didn’t care if she was gonna get kidnapped. She got a slight glimpse of two girls who looked pretty wealthy. She adamantly ran into one of the rooms in the jet, which was filled to the brim with big suitcases. She jumped into a suitcase and found a ton of designer clothing—so then she knew it was Lena’s jet! Lousie hid in the suitcase, waiting and waiting for the jet to land. After it landed, Lena’s bodyguards carried away the suitcase she was hiding in. Later she came out of the suitcase, and she was so lucky because no one was looking her way. But then someone saw her as soon as she was getting ready to leave, so she sprinted upstairs. Soon, Lena went up the same stairs and saw Lousie in one of the rooms. That room was the room of the Writers’ Exchange (AKA the BEST program EVER). Of course, Lousie was eating all the food, so then she went to the washroom. Lena followed her, then dunked her head in the toilet!
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Lousie and Lena By Victoria, age 11 Once upon a time there was a really, really poor girl named Lousie who hated a girl named Lena. Lena was very rich—like, a billionaire— and she bullied Lousie and hated her the same way. Both of them went to the same school, which was called Lemontree High. One day they both signed up for a program called the Writers’ Exchange, but Lena didn’t know that Lousie had signed up and Lousie didn’t know that Lena had signed up. On the first day they both arrived and saw each other. Lena had a plan to make Lousie leave, but Lousie did not care. She thought, “What could Lena do to me here?” Then Lena started giving Lousie a death stare, so Lousie did get a little worried. A few hours later Lousie asked to go to the bathroom and Lena got an idea. She followed her to the bathroom secretly, and acted like she was fixing her hair when Lousie saw her. When Lousie went into a stall, Lena held the stall door open, grabbed Lousie’s hair and dunked her in the toilet. Lousie screamed for help but nobody heard her. After, Lena went back to her house and acted like nothing happened. The next day when Lousie arrived at school, she ran to Principal Wilson’s office and said everything that had happened and how Lena had dunked her head in a toilet. The principal called Lena to the office to talk to her, but then Lena lied and just screamed, “LOUSIE IS A LIAR AND SHE IS A POOR NERD!” Principal Wilson did not know who to believe anymore, Lousie or Lena. But later, the principal saw Lena bullying Lousie and hitting her books out of her hand. While Lousie was picking up her books, the principal heard Lena say, “If you ever tell Principal Wilson I dunked your head in a toilet I will do it again!” Lena did not realize that the principal had heard everything. Principal Wilson yelled, “Lena come to my office right NOW!” Lena rushed behind the principal to the office, scared and embarrassed. Principal Wilson called Lena’s parents and told them everything that happened and that Lena was suspended for a week. Lena left the office and went to her locker to get her stuff. Lousie’s locker was right beside
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Lena’s, and so Lousie was there, staring at Lena. Lena did not even look up. Outside, Lena’s parents were waiting for her, but she told them she had forgotten one last thing. She went back inside all the way to her locker and hit Lousie’s books out of her hand. Lena had not actually forgotten anything—she just lied to come bully Lousie for the last time. She whispered in Lousie’s ear, saying, “Just wait until I come back to school in one week. I have so many surprises for you! Watch your back, Lousie. I’m warning you.” Lousie stared at her as she walked away.
The Rich Bully By Katie, age 11 Chapter 1 Once there was a girl named Lousie who was poor and girl named Lena who was rich. Lena even rode a posh car to school while Lousie and Niki had to walk. At school one day, Lousie and Niki had just run into class. “Welcome back students,” said Ms. Wilson. “We have two new students today, Jake and Amber.” Lena laughed at Amber because she was not as rich as her. That Saturday, Lousie was looking in the garbage to get food for her family like she often did when she found an old iPad. “Wow, I can play Roblox,” she said. “I heard that Lena and Katie play it because they are rich.” Chapter 2 Lousie ran home and made a Roblox account. “Hmm, what should I name it. Oh! Lousie_xx,” she said. “Is that Lena and Katie? Wow. They have a neon unicorn and snow owl. I only have a dog.” “Trading dog, me,” said Lena in the game. “I’ll give you a neon snow cat.” Lousie said sure, then she had to go. The next day, Lousie saw that Lena was online again. “I’m going to join her,” she thought. “Hi,” they both said. Then Lena said, “I got you some pets.” Lena traded Lousie a neon snow owl and her frost dragon. “Omg, thanks Lena.” Lousie said. Then they both left.
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Chapter 3 “Today we are going to be in partners of two,” said Mr. Tracker to his class at school. “Do we pick our groups?” asked Lena. “No,” he said. “I will pick them. And it’s a science project.” He put Amy and Amber in group 1, Esther and Lousie in group 2 and Athenna and Katie in group 3. Group 4 was Jake and Lena. After school, Lena asked Jake if they could do the project at her house. “Sure Lena,” said Jake. “Come at 6 o’clock,” she said. Then her posh car came and she went home. At home, she checked Roblox and saw that Lousie was not online. “I’m going to text her,” she thought. Lena: Hello Lousie Lena: Lousie? Lena: Lousie!! Lousie: What do you want? Lena: Can I tell you something? I have a crush on a kid at school. Lousie: Who? Lena: Jake. He’s coming to my house at 6 Lousie: Ok? Lena: Join me Lousie: Ok, I’ll join Chapter 4 The door rang and Lena opened it. “Hey Jake,” she said. “Hello,” Jake said back. “Let’s start the project.” After a few hours of work, Jake said, “Wow, I think we are done.” Lena said, “Yeah, you can leave now.” They said bye, then Lena went to sleep. Late the next day at Taco Bell, a girl named Amber saw Lena fart because she had eaten Taco Bell. “Hey Amber, why are you here?” Lena said. “Omg did you just fart?” asked Amber. Lena was mad. “Now I’m going to expose you! I heard you have a big crush on Jakey,” she said. “How did you know?” Amber said. “I know you, Amber, and I can expose you to Jakey in class.” Amber said, “You wouldn’t dare say it to him.” But Lena said, “Oh I will, if you tell anyone that I fart. And also I know how you became rich in the first place. Your dad started a loo roll business.” “But how did you know?” said Amber. “Oh, maybe because I’m the richest and I know everyone. And if you tell anyone you will get exposed by me,” Lena said. Amber ran away.
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Chapter 5 In class the next day, Lena started laughing with Katie about the day before. When class started, she whispered to Amber, “Let’s fight after school.” Amber said, “Sure.” After school, the fight started. “Lena! Amber! What are you two doing? I’m calling your parents!” shouted Principal Wilson. “And also you get one week of suspension.” Amber said, “Lena, it’s your fault, you said to fight.” Lena said, “But you said yes to the fight.” Later, at home, Lena’s dad asked why she fought Amber at school. “But she said yes,” Lena said. “Go to your room”, said Lena’s dad. “Hmm, I’ll just play Roblox,” Lena said. After the week of suspension was over, Lena saw Amber at school. “Hey Lena, I’m sorry about a week ago,” Amber said. “I didn’t mean to start a fight.”
Borris By L.B., age 12 Once there was a kid named Borris. He dropped his ice cream.
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χpey̓ Elementary
This or That By Liam, age 10 1. Candy or chocolate? 2. PS5 or one thousand dollars? 3. New hat or new shirt? 4. New house or new bedroom?
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Vancouver Technical Secondary School
Drawing By Brianna, age 19
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Two Poems By Chaos, age 14 Content warning: These poems contain mentions of suicide, harm, drug use, depression and generational trauma. My Childhood I AM FROM A TRAILER IN THE WOODS FROM AN EASY BAKE OVEN TO ACTION FIGURES I AM FROM SWEARING TO YELLING AND CRYING TO SOBBING I AM FROM PINE TREES WHOSE PINES STICK IN MY HEART THROBBING I AM FROM MY BABY BLANKET AND VEGGIE TALES FROM WET’SUWET’EN AND SAIK’UZ I AM FROM DRUG ADDICTS AND CHRISTIANS AND FROM OVERDOSES AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS I AM FROM VIRGINIA GEORGE AND MARG SEYMOUR FROM BANNOCK AND SALMON FROM BEING RIPPED AWAY FROM LOVED ONES AND PUT INTO RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS I AM FROM THESE MOMENTS THAT MAKE ME WHO I AM TODAY, AND THEY MAKE ME STRONGER Depression Dear Depression, My battle with you feels like World War II From happy to sad in a split From feeling like I am on top of the world to crying so much I feel sick These voices in my head make me ill They make me feel like a can on the side of the ground My scars are triggers From remembering the traumatic events that took place in a place I used to call “home” Dear Depression, I will NOT let you win
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Drawing By Ashley, age 17
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Space Chase By Celest, age 16
What the Future Should Be, aka Presidential Campaign By David, age 14 • • • • • • • • • • • •
End extremism and imperialism No religious persecution No racism Much cleaner world (less garbage) More awareness on war crimes (educate our children) Free of nuclear weapons A more diplomatic approach to conflict Better education for every country More support for people who are immigrants and refugees More acceptance for people in LGBTQ2SIA+ community More acceptance for people practicing various religions More acceptance generally
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3n + 1 Equation By Jordan, age 14 1x3+1=4÷22÷1
Blooming, a Haiku Poem By Tracy, age 14 Petals are falling From the cherry blossom tree Come and save them please
Fruit By Eyvette, age 14
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Biking By Sylvia, age 16 Let’s go biking
Hi Amie Ok
Hi Max
Hey Bunny, where are you? It’s ok, come here.
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A Friday Playlist By the Van Tech Students “Never Gonna Give You Up”—Rick Astley “That’s What I Like”—Bruno Mars “It Ain’t Me”—Kygo, Selena Gomez “Dead Man Walking”—Brent Faiyaz “Sunday Best”—Surfaces “Make It Better”—Anderson .Paak “Heat Waves”—Glass Animals “Tints”—Anderson .Paak “Kiss”—Prince “I Love You Always Forever”—Betty Who “Maps”—Yeah Yeah Yeahs “After the Storm”—Kali Uchis “Don’t Start Now”—Dua Lipa “Kill This Love”—Blackpink “Monster”—Shawn Mendes, Justin Bieber “Peaches”—Justin Bieber, Daniel Caesar “Tangerine”—Glass Animals “Taunt”—Lovejoy “Loverboy”—A-Wall “1999”—Charli XCX, Troye Sivan “Beg for You”—Charli XCX, Rina Sawayama “Notion”—The Rare Occasions “Dynamite”—BTS “Butter”—BTS “Anyone Can Play Guitar”—Radiohead “Everything Moves”—Bronze Radio Return “Despacito”—Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber “Believer”—Imagine Dragons “Enemy”—Imagine Dragons “Mr. Brightside”—The Killers “Next to You”—Macseal “Pretty Old Man”—No Buses “Borderline”—Tame Impala “Banana Boat (Day-O)”—Harry Belafonte “Applause”—Tiny Moving Parts
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1000 Ways to Eat Whipped Cream By the Van Tech Thursday Group (after eating whipped cream) • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Strawberries Cheesecake Pie Hot chocolate S’mores Frappuccino Pancakes Fruit salad Chocolate covered strawberries Milkshakes Blueberries Nutella Rice cakes Waffles
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Shrek the Twinkie War 3: Shrek’s Space Journey! By Farley, age 12 Shrek was annoyed! His enemy Elon Musk was a hologram the entire time! Since Shrek knew Elon Musk was on Mars, he decided to team up with Jeff Bezos to take down Elon Musk, due to their rivalry. Even though Shrek had good intentions, Jeff Bezos did not. Jeff Bezos saw the success of the Twinkies in Mexico and asked Shrek if he could sell his Twinkies on Amazon. Shrek agreed to the deal and signed a contract saying that 80% of the money made must be given to Shrek. Shrek needed to recruit more people so he asked John Cena for help. Of course he said yes after the fun chaos they had started last time. Shrek needed at least one more person so he went to Vladimir Putin, but it seemed he wasn’t taking any guests at the moment. Apparently, it was too dangerous for him to play with them that day, so Shrek went to Danny DeVito for help. It took him a while to answer, but he said no. Things weren’t going well for Shrek, but he decided to go to Mars anyways... then, out of nowhere, Danny DeVito was outside the rocket. The rocket launched, but Danny DeVito attached a rope to the rocket and as the rocket went up so did he. As they went into space Danny DeVito took one last breath of air and held it. Eventually they landed on Mars and Shrek rushed out to put a space helmet on Danny DeVito. Surprisingly, Danny DeVito was fine. Then they looked around and noticed how deserted Mars was. They also noticed that the only way of transportation was a Tesla—which was bad because the cars were on autopilot and looking to get Shrek! So,
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out of nowhere, John Cena told everyone to get on his back and he transported them. A couple hours later they saw a building that was very modern. It must have been where Elon Musk was! Shrek told Danny DeVito and Jeff Bezos to stay behind while Shrek rushed in with John Cena. Inside, they found billions of dollars on the floor, but they did not see Elon Musk anywhere. Shrek was tired of looking, so he sat down to rest inside the massive building... but then he placed his hand on an invisible button, which opened a trap door! Inside they saw a brandnew kind of Tesla. It was very strange looking. And, beside it, Elon Musk was hiding from Shrek. Shrek rushed toward Elon Musk while John Cena started ruining Elon Musk’s new car! Elon Musk was scared and annoyed, but the last thing he did was turn on autopilot on all the cars! They were aimed against Shrek and his team and Shrek quickly rushed out of the building with John Cena. John Cena told Jeff Bezos to get on his back while Danny DeVito got on Jeff Bezos’s back, but far behind them Shrek was being chased by the vehicles! Shrek told John Cena to start running. The cars were close behind Shrek and bumping him forwards, so he jumped onto Danny DeVito’s back. John Cena ran to the rocket, and they blasted off to earth. Back on earth, Shrek had some unfinished business. He went to the White House to confront President Trump, but inside they found... an old man in his place? “Where is Trump?” asked Shrek. “How would I know?” answered the old man. “Because he’s the president,” said Shrek. “No he isn’t. I am,” said the old man. A sudden realization hit Shrek. Had it really been a year since the last story was written? (Surprisingly, yes.) Shrek decided he could look another time, but as he was leaving Elon Musk showed up outside and attacked Shrek! At the last moment, John Cena jumped in front of Shrek and got attacked instead. “You attacked a true hero!” yelled Shrek. He ran at Elon Musk but found out he was a hologram once again. Elon Musk was actually taking a vacation in Ukraine, and that gave Shrek an idea! Shrek knocked on Vladimir Putin’s door and asked for a deal to get rid of Elon Musk. Putin agreed, so as Elon Musk was comfortably counting his money on a beach, out of nowhere he got blown out of the sky! Shrek was impressed with himself and checked off one part of his to do list. Shrek was fulfilled with his quest, but then Jeff Bezos attacked Shrek! “I can’t believe you didn’t notice what the contract said,”
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laughed Jeff Bezos. “It said that you would give me 100% of what Twinkies would make on Amazon.” Shrek was lying on the floor helpless, but with his last ounce of strength he got up and threw a time bomb below Jeff Bezos's feet! Shrek was aware that Jeff Bezos was a hologram, but blowing up his hologram would give Shrek time. The bomb went off and Vladimir Putin’s house crumbled to the ground, leaving Shrek weakened while Danny DeVito ran. Out on Mars, Jeff Bezos was creating a new and improved CyberTrump! It was called Amazon-Trump. (“That’s a long name,” you probably said to yourself... Well, all I can say is: think of a better name! Exactly, you can’t!) Back on earth, Shrek was tired from the long day. And another emotion he felt was furious! To be continued in “Shrek the Twinkie War Part 4: The Large Betrayal of Jeff Bezos.” In this next story, Shrek will be on his way to destroy any trace of Jeff Bezos while old enemies return and old people want revenge, with the police tracking him down for what happened to Elon Musk! Will Shrek win? Find out this fall!
Book #1: Why Cancer? Why? Why? By Lien, age 14 Content warning: Mentions of illness. Why? I ask myself that question every day, but does it help? No. It just makes everything else worse than before. Sadly, there was a secret, yes a secret, kept in my family after I got into a car crash with some of my friends, and that’s how my parents found out that I had cancer. But, did they tell me? No. I was so angry that they kept this secret hidden for a year. Anyhow, I didn’t get cancer from the car crash, and so for the first time a car crash was a life-saving, since that was the only way I would have found out. Otherwise, it would’ve got even worse. One of my friends, on the other hand, broke her arm in the crash, but me and my other friend were fine. Well, mind you, I wasn’t fine, since I was near death after my parents told me. So by now I would blame my death on my parents.
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After my friends recovered from the hospital, I was the only one who didn’t recover. I had to stay for another six months and come back for more treatment afterward! I asked myself: What will I do in a boring hospital? I decided to plan my everyday routine of being a troublemaker. I mean, don’t get me wrong—like, how else would I have fun if there were no people or troubles involved? I happily found a friend around my age who had a similar problem. We obviously became friends. One day, me and my friend sneaked out of our rooms at night and decided to trick the doctors and pretend we ran away. But the truth is that we were in the supply room. We stole the keys that night. Unfortunately, my friend sadly passed away about a year later, since her sickness only got worse while mine got better. I decided to finally see my parents again after a year and a half, when I realized that my parents only wanted me to not feel ashamed of my sickness and to focus on the outcome of my life and health.
“Less” Terrible Jokes for “Less” Terrible Times By Tony, age 13 How large is a metre? One metre. How can you tell if a person is a clown? Their nose. What’s my favourite part of every movie? The credits. Communism and capitalism are the same thing. They are just spelled differently. Why did the chicken cross the road? To act as filler and distract you from the true joke. The largest factor of death is dying. If you think hard enough, everything will become an overcooked pretzel. The United Nations? More like the United Suggestions!
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The Geneva Conventions? More like the... the... Do I have amnesia? What is amnesia? You cannot spell homelessness without home. When you pay for bottled water, remember, you’re buying bottled dinosaur pee. What did the person say to the one who was having a heatstroke? Ah, that’s hot! Chocolate for dogs. Retirement. Very funny. When I was 10, I imagined being 40. I laughed. Thirty years later, I cried. Sleeping is just having a small coma. What does a yard stick measure? I forget. A person who is a winner is a failure at failure. Death on the Nile sounds like a glorified retelling of a “suspicious” game. Back in my day, George Orwell’s 1984 was a fiction. Will Smith got in one little fight and the celebrities got scared, and he was sent back to be the Prince of Bel-Air. You can’t spell funny without unfunny! What is a person who is obsessed with every cent? A cent-sitive person. I have de-gene-racy in my genes. I should see myself out. I have gone too far.
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Drawing By Philip, age 13
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Movie Homework/Things to Watch By the Friday High School Group American Psycho Donnie Darko Samurai Jack Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Lord of the Rings trilogy The Hobbit trilogy This Is Spinal Tap Waiting for Guffman White Men Can’t Jump (original) Jerry Maguire Spider-Man: Homecoming The Breakfast Club This Is the End The Cabin in the Woods Sausage Party Silence of the Lambs Amelie Jaws Edward Scissorhands Beetlejuice Back to the Future trilogy Dumb and Dumber Fight Club Toy Story (all four) Fargo The Royal Tenenbaums Isle of Dogs Interstellar Alice in Wonderland (1951) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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