XD by Writers' Exchange

Copyright © 2024 The Writers’ Exchange This book is a collection of writing and art created by kids and youth in the Writers’ Exchange and Writers’ Room after-school programs during our Fall 2023 term. The Writers’ Exchange is a community that supports under-resourced kids and youth to build their confidence and get excited about reading, writing and their own potential. All of our programs are free for the children and families we serve, and we could not exist without the support of our amazing donors

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XD by The Funny People of the Writers' Exchange

Contents The Writers' Exchange at 877 Scary by Mohammed I Kind of Like Halloween by Monet The Three Giants by Marah The Kidnapper by Melania Ghost by Jade Horror by Hamza Mystery Girl by Maha Blue Head, Red Head, Dead Head by Meisa The Magic by Layla The School Monster by Remas I Like Ice Cream by Amal I'm Excited for My Birthday! by Mariana Dinosaurs by Gordon Dinosaur by Louisa Soccer Players by Mohammed A Soccer by Mohamed Al-Nassr is the Best Team Ever by Adnan Worst and Best Soccer Players by Hayden Leen and Diala and Maysaa by Maysaa Leen and Diala and Maysaa by Leen The Plane by Diala My Family by Yasmeen Part 7 by Sarah Bob by "Bob" Orange King by Ayato My Hair by Sundus Cloud Guy 4 by Sydney Sarah, Olivia and Sophie by Ruoa BC by Taim Long Words by Joey The Devil by Oscar How Halloween Was by Aimee Soccer Book by Mustafa Wednesday My Birthday by Renata

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The Writers' Room at Queen Alexandra Elementary 12 12 13 14 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 24 24 25 26 26 27 27 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 32 33

My Best Buddies by Rumi Find the Five Animals by Chloe Super Cool Cole by Cole Car Going Fast by Anthony Pokémon by Hunter The Mermaid by Natalia The Noob by Casper Halloween by Ari and Ayla 3 Wishes by Oceania How to Run an Illegal Business! by Tanya and Aralyn Whyrli the Wizard Ghost by Anvay Mew by Wilson The Telephone Booth by Jaden The Illegal Foods by K.L. Taylor Swift is Overrated by Lilac Why Taylor Swift is Sooo Great by Ali and Wren Treasure by Aiyana Princess Mermaid by Freya Rangoli by Amayra The Mermaid by Nayeli The Mandalorian by Luisa Among Us by Omari The City by Elton The Ice Cream and the Broccoli by Navy The Ghost Took Your Candy by Mia Get Wood by S.S. Bad Dumpling by Brooklyn Me Like Feet by Emerito Da Ninja by Kasen Rocket League by Arjuna Cosmo's Adventure by Karmina My Family by Helena Drama Town by M.K. The Murderer by A.S. ♥ Continued on next page

The Writers' Room at Queen Alexandra Elementary Continued Ghost Face Chasing Two People by Moshe The Demon by A.S. ★ The Attack of Stick Man! by Andrei The Popping Corn by A.L. A Nigerian's Daily Diet by Jewel Ranking Celebrities by Jasmine Froggy Picnic by Daisy Amber the Bat and Lia the Mini Bear by Phyllis Monkeys by Meghan Me by Leah

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Grandview ¿uuqinak'uuh Elementary Dragon Friends Getting Bullied by Linden Ripwatcher by Ghinnvieve Why Cats Are the Best by Tia The Vampire by Miracle Tic-Tac-Toe by Athena Alien Playland Explorer by Jerico Manhunt by Hassan Haunted Mansion by Zoey Random Question by Lyan Cutie's Halloween Costume by Zhona Jokes by Jesse The Ghost in the Orphanage by Kareem Oyinkansola Elizabeth Next Gen Ninjago by Thalia The Push by Hunter and Derek My Cat by ME The Day in the Life of Hello Kitty (Part 1) by Lily Mission Impossible: Stealing Cheesy's Cheese by Ryan Bella and the Kidnapping by Adara All Girls K-Pop Playlist by Diamond The Mouse in the House by Ariana

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Thunderbird Elementary 53 53 54 55 56 57 57 57 58 59

How to Be Cool by Violetta "Gar Gar" N.E.R.D. (Not not cool Epically Really cool Dude) by Tony Fun History Facts about Space by Chloe Bob the Blob by Iree (Aahiri) GO HOME: A Mixtape by Abi Hammy the Agent by Ben George's Routine by Azel Ice Spice by Enzo Crit's Puns by Rujaanth Attack! by Marcus the Great is Slick

Хpey Elementary 60

Never Have I Seen by the Xpeỷ Kids, Youth and Volunteers

Vancouver Technical Secondary School 61 61 62 62 63 64 64 65 66 66

The Diaries of Thoo: Found by Thoo, found by Mason Edd Marsh by Chelsy My Phone by Tommy Would You Rather? by Riley The Adventures of Shaun Shaun the Microtaun by Kasper Tree Poem by David Dragon by M.N. The Bobbit and the Desolation of Droog by Damien Maria's Playlist by Destiny and Maria AOR Playlost by Addie, Olivia and Rhoda

The Youth Program at 877

Shrek: The Final Chapter by Farley Man Hates Enjoying Things by Tony Rengoku by AJ/AnaJulia John Egbert is Pregnant by Kiana Godzilla Drawing by Philip Matthias is Pro by William Am Pro by Matthias

Autographs

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The Writers' Exchange at 877 Scary By Mohammed, age 6 At our house after my dad he got this thing because he lost it but he now knows how to do it.

I Kind of Like Halloween By Monet, Age 7 My mom is going to take me to a store called Spirit Halloween! I might dress up as a Magician but I’m not too sure.

GORDO N

AYATO

The Three Giants By Marah, age 9 There was a big cave and there were three giants: a mom, a dad, and a baby. They had a good life. When a big army of people came, they made a really big fire and when the parents came to fight, they both tripped on a big rock and fell into the fire. Then the baby ran away. He ran into a deep and dark forest. The trees were all alive! 1

The Kidnapper By Melania, age 9 These two girls were shopping at the mall in H&M and there was this creepy guy who was following them. They went to another store and he was still following them. So one of them called 911 and they went outside. The police were late and the guy kidnapped both of them. They drove away in a white van and then the kidnapper called the girls’ parents and said “The only way to get them back is to give one million dollars.” So, the parents came with a bag with one million dollars inside. Then they paid and got the kids back and they lived happily ever after.

Ghost By Jade, age 8 One day there was a ghost.

Horror By Hamza, age 9 Once upon a time, there was a man with his friends. They went to a mountain and saw a giant. He and his friends came back later at night at 3:00 am so that they could discover the giant, but a CIA guy stopped them and said, “You can’t go because there is a creepy monster on the top. We have to get rid of it”. So, he and his friends went home and went back on the weekend at 6:00 in the morning and found the giant. The giant was going to eat them but he WAS DEAD, so they called animal control and animal control brought them to the scientist and they turned them into a flying monster.

Mystery Girl By Maha, age 8 One night a girl named Isabella was walking down the street. Suddenly, a little girl walked by. She looked scary, so Isabella went back home. She was going to put her pajamas on and she saw the same girl in her closet. She was so scared, so she called her mom. When her mom came, the girl disappeared.

Blue Head, Red Head, Dead Head By Meisa, age 10 Trigger warning: violent content Once upon a time, there was a beautiful village that had the most peaceful people alive. They had dozens of temples. No one believed it, but when they realized it was true, they completely lost it. They started a rampage. They went to the village and bashed people's heads with weapons, strangled people, hanged them, and smashed kid’s heads with bricks! Burned down houses and temples. The people couldn’t fight back, they were too nice and didn’t have any weapons. The bodies were buried at the bottom of tree trunks. Only the heads would show. The strangled ones would be hanged on tree branches. The children’s gravestones would be bricks. The buried ones had blood all over their faces. The hanged ones’ faces turned pale, then blue. The village was destroyed. Some say their eyes are still moving now.

The Magic By Layla, age 10 There were two girls who were best friends. They had a sleepover together. The lights went out and there was a strange cold wind and then the lights started to flicker. Then there was a big bang on their door and someone called their names in a loud voice and said: “Come out of the room”. They hid under their bed and then someone barged through the door. And then it all went away and there was a big flash of light. They ran downstairs and saw her parents gone and there was a big fat note on the table. They read the note it said: “I took your parents to the underworld. Blah blah blah, la la la, big fat fuzzy banana. The end. Shakalaka.” 3

The School Monster By Remas, age 10 Today was a nice day at my new school. The kids in my class were kinda crazy, but it’s ok. I made a new friend. Her name is Maddy and, if you are wondering, my name is Olivia. I’m really happy because I’m going to my first sleepover. The only problem is that I know my mom won’t drive me because she is busy, but I need someone to drive me because the location Maddy sent was far. I can try to call an Uber. But wait, she sent the school’s location. Um, that’s weird but ok. The Uber came and I hopped in the car and we drove away. Okay so here is Maddy. “Oh wait, is that her?” I said. I called her name and she finally noticed me. I walked over and she said that she wanted our sleepover to be at the school because she knows this really sneaky area. It’s somewhere that kids from our school go in the day, but we are going at night and no one ever went there at night before. So, we walked in. Oh, and the school is open, so yeah. Anyway, we quickly entered a classroom. The only person in the school is the janitor (well, and Maddy and me). So it’s going to be easy. I was out of breath when we reached the place in the school. It looked really nice because Maddy told me the students had been bringing stuff up here to make it look nice and cozy. It was about 9:30 when the janitor left the school, and that’s when the fun started. But that went the opposite after an hour. After Maddy told me about the school, we heard a loud bang. It came from the stairs. We didn’t want to go, not because we were scared, but because we thought we would get in trouble if it was someone from our school. But Maddy wanted to check. I told her I didn’t want to come. She begged me to, but I’m not getting in trouble. I waited and waited and she came back running. I thought she looked from around a corner, but when I found out why she was running I was shocked, so shocked. “Olivia, Olivia,” Maddy yelled, “Run, run, just run.” I panicked and ran as fast as I could. I was still wondering if it was a monster or what she was talking about, but I just ran. I saw the exit door and then I was free. I waited for Maddy and while I was waiting, I called an Uber for us. When the Uber came, we hopped in. I saw the monster stopping at the exit. After I got home, I did not want to go to any more sleepovers.

I Like Ice Cream By Amal, age 7 On my birthday my family will do whatever I want.

I’m Excited for My Birthday! By Mariana, age 7 My cake is going to be Barbie. We are going to eat cake. I’m going to get gifts.

Dinosaurs By Gordon, age 7 Dinosaurs can drink water and have big feet and strong teeth. Dinosaurs live in Dino Land and small dinosaurs eat grass.

Dinosaur By Louisa, age 10 The dinosaur said: “Rawr Rawr Rawr Rawrr Rawr RAWR.” The dino said: “I love Rawr.”

Soccer Players By Mohammed A, age 7 Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Mbappé, Courtois, Benzema, Ibrahimović. 5

Soccer By Mohamed, age 6

Ronaldo plays soccer for Al-Nassr. I like him.

Al-Nassr is the Best Team Ever By Adnan, age 7 The Al-Nassr team is unstoppable. Hamza plays striker, Taim is goalie, I am defence, and Uday is right wing. We practice every single day.

Worst and Best Soccer Players By Hayden, age 9

MESSI HAHA TRASHCAN The worst soccer player is Messi. Boo! The best soccer player is Ronaldo. The GOAT, yes! Hi, my name is Hayden. 6

Leen and Diala and Maysaa By Maysaa, age 7 Diala, Maysaa and Leen went to the plane with Diala’s dad because it had so much fun candy.

Leen and Diala and Maysaa By Leen, age 6 Leen, Diala and Maysaa went to the plane with Diala’s dad because it had so much fun candy.

The Plane By Diala, age 7

The plane is going to Turkey. Maysaa, Leen, my dad and I are on vacation! We are going to my family. We are going to Trampoline World. We see sheep and horses on the trampolines and we all jump together! 7

My Family By Yasmeen, age 9

EAMD

HAYA

MIRA

RUOA YASMEEN LEEN

In my family, I have six people. My dad, my mom, my sisters, and me.

Part 7 By Sara, age 11 When I grow up, I want to be a doctor and help other people get better. When my sister grows up, she wants to be a lawyer and when my brother grows up, he wants to be a police officer. The worst part about being a doctor is that I have to learn math and I hate math. The best part about being a doctor is that you can make people smile. For my sister, the worst part about being a lawyer is when they don’t agree and the other person is happy. The best part is that my sister thinks that it’s fun solving crimes. For my brother, the worst part about being a police officer is when he gets hurt and the best part is that my brother likes to zap people so they can fall onto the ground. The end.

Bob By “Bob”, age 10 Bob/Billy 8

Orange King By Ayato, age 7

Orange King became the King of All Fruits because he ate too many oranges. He is king instead of queen. Peach is the Queen of Fruits, like Princess Peach from Mario. But one day, too many oranges were eaten and there was no more Orange King. Then everyone ate too many peaches and there was no more Peach Queen. But then the Tree King grew with more fruits for the Fruit Kingdom.

My Hair By Sundus, age 9 My hair is orange and brown and everybody says that it is a nice colour. People think that I dyed it but I didn’t. People love it because it was long, but now I’ve cut it.

Cloud Guy 4 By Sydney, age 10 Hi, I’m Cloud Guy and this is the story about how I stood up for myself. I was going to the park to play with dogs until Cloudy started bullying me and I ran home. When I got home, I started to cry and I went to go tell my parents. They said to me, “You can only fear someone if you let yourself.” And when I went to bed, I started thinking about it. I went back to the park the next day and Cloudy started to bully me but I stood up for myself. Now, bye! 9

Sara, Olivia and Sophie By Ruoa, age 11 Once upon a time, there was a girl named Sophie. She was fourteen years old. She was going to high school. She had a strict teacher named Miss C. She had two best friends named Olivia and Sara. They were walking in the hallway when a girl came. Sara went up to her and started talking to her, but the girl was a bully. Sophie went up to Sara and asked what she was doing. The bully said that Sophie should mind her own business. To be continued in chapter two.

BC By Taim, age 9

I like Vancouver. I went to Kelowna, it was fun. I went to Whistler, it was fun.

Long Words By Joey, age 8 #3 Antidisestablishmentarianism: against people who are against those who are making religion part of the government #2 Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: the fear of long words #1 Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: a lung disease caused by consuming large quantities of silica dust 10

The Devil By Oscar, age 7 It is said that the Australian caveman came up with the idea of the Devil.

How Halloween Was By Aimee, age 7 When it was Halloween, I went as a ghost. My costume was homemade. I saw the firecrackers in a reflection on the library. I saw my friend and she wanted to trick-or-treat with me, but she was going to go the other way. My favourite candy was lollipops and I still have some.

Soccer Book By Mustafa, age 6 I’d like to make my team win the World Cup. My soccer team is called KLM and I like to score goals. Mohamed plays on the same team.

Wednesday My Birthday By Renata, age 8 I saw Wednesday on TV.

The Writers' Room at Queen Alexandra Elementary

My Best Buddies By Rumi, age 6

BOXY

FOXY

ROCKY

Find the Five Animals By Chloe, age 8

CHECK THEM OFF

Super Cool Cole By Cole, age 7

SUPER COLE ON THE RESCUE

One day there was someone named Super Cole. He saw someone in danger! He saw Rocky. Rocky is a person who really REALLY isn’t that smart. Rocky almost got eaten by a bear. Thankfully, Super Cole came to the rescue and saved Rocky! Then Super Cole found a superhero crew. The two people were Lazer Girl and Electrical Electrix. They both wanted to help him. One day, Rocky had a headache and said “Aw, rats!” Then Rocky saw a hairy monster and she gobbled him up. So Super Cole’s crew chopped the neck of the hairy monster and took Rocky out. After, the crew put the neck back. And then Rocky’s headache disappeared. Then Super Cole and his crew met someone named Fiancé. Fiancé was a superhero. Fiancé had singing powers. Fiancé put someone in a musical jail. Super Cole, his crew, Rocky, and Fiancé called it a day and ate ice cream.

Car Going Fast By Anthony, age 9

OH NO

VRO O PP PP VRO O VR PPPP OOO …

Car driving 456 km an hour and crashing.

BEEP

Pokémon By Hunter, age 7 I am being Pikachu for Halloween.

The Mermaid By Natalia, age 8

SWISH SWASH SWISH SWISH 14

The Noob By Casper, age 8

HEJO, IMMA UH NEWB

I WANT WOOD

OH NO

HA HA HAHAHA!

AHHHHH C L IC K C L IC K

TO BE CONTINUED...

MEET MY HOME

HI, LET'S GO TO MY PLACE

NICE

ONE HOUR LATER

OKI, HI!

MOCHA! COME AND TRICK OR TREAT WITH ME!!

HAPPY EEN A H LLOW

YAY, I GOT CANDY

HOME

- ARI GIRLY POP

TO BE CONTINUED...

HOME SWEET HOME

TRICK OR TREAT!

Halloween

By Ari, age 10 and Ayla, age 9



TURN TO READ!

3 Wishes By Oceania, age 10

"MONEY, PLEASE!" "DONUT, PLEASE!" "BOOK, PLEASE!"

If I had three wishes I would wish for unlimited food and drinks. Like if I said, “Donut please,” a donut would appear. For the next wish, I would wish for unlimited money because I’m sort of greedy. For the last wish, I would wish for any book, even the ones that are not realized.

How To Run An Illegal Business! By Tanya, age 10 and Aralyn, age 10

L :) PERMIT THAT IS VERY REA

FIRST NAME: ___ ___ __. LAST NAME: ___ ___ ___.

PERMIT 2 THAT IS VERY REAL :)

FIRST NAME: ________. LAST NAME: _________. HI

HI, I'M RAD

Step 1: Find a sketchy McDonald’s and kick everyone out! (VERY AGGRESSIVELY) Step 2: Spray paint all the walls black. (Like an EMO) Step 3: Get a bear to rip off the McDonald's sign! Step 4: Turn the sign into “M.C. Dona’s Tats” so people will be *intimidated* :) Step 5: Gorilla Glue temporary tats of *toes* on the wall. Step 6: D.I.Y some fake paper permits so the cops don’t arrest you! :) Step 7: Add funky green lights and have the song, “Hit the Road, Jack” playing 24/7. Step 8: Add some illegal tools and you’re almost ready to open!! Step 9: Get a sign that says “I’M ILLEGAL” and put it outside. YOU’RE NOW READY TO OPEN! P.S. DON’T HAVE A YELP ACCOUNT!

Whyrli The Wizard Ghost By Anvay, age 9

WHYRLI GHOST AND THE STAFF On a calm day, Whyrli was watching TV and he saw the staff in a movie. He got inspired to make one, but he was too young. So he waited ten years so he was old enough!! Ten years later… Now he is old enough to go exploring the forest. But no one knows that the wall was there to block the bad side. He finds iron! He builds a staff in two weeks. He builds it too fast. To be continued. The end.

Mew By Wilson, age 12

It is cute and nice. Mew is powerful.

The Telephone Booth By Jaden, age 11 Once upon a time, there was a girl named Sarah. She was a very unusual girl. She would mumble words to herself when she was alone. Everyone always said she was a freak and had no friends. When school was over she would go to an abandoned telephone booth, but no one ever knew who she was actually talking to. Not even me, the narrator. After she was done talking to the mysterious person, she would open the door to the telephone booth and pull her hood over her head, because it was always raining when she went into the telephone booth and started dialling a number. It was extremely weird. She put her hands in her pockets and started walking. It was a long walk, but then she stopped at a really funky-looking house. It had spider webs all around it. I could see cockroaches all around the windows. The windows mostly looked shattered; it was very, VERY creepy. If I were her friend I would never want to go in there, even if my life depended on it, because I would already be dead if I stepped foot inside. I blinked for a second and saw a black shadow with red eyes. The shadow was almost shaped like a person. The next morning, I saw her get out of her house and walk to school. I don’t know how and I don’t know why, but for some reason, she actually looked happy. I don’t know what, but something weird happened last night. I couldn't go inside the school so I had to wait six hours… (Three hours later) BOOM! I jumped, opened my car door and ran as fast as I could into the middle of the hallway. I saw red splattered all over the walls. I looked at Sarah in horror. A kid was passed out on the ground. Wait, I saw the same telephone booth in the corner with the same shadow from Sarah’s house. When I looked back at Sarah she was staring in the same direction I was looking at it, but then she turned her head like an owl. She looked at me and smiled a very very creepy smile. To be continued...

The Illegal Foods By K.L., age 10

BOB

DEA GLOVE XXXXL COW GUTS

The rat’s name is Larry. There was a guy that was so poor, so desperate, so in need of money, but his mind was marvellous. So one day he used his late father’s truck as a food truck and came up with ingenious recipes. Matalona: a recipe that is cooked with garlic beef, some stuff that’s related to rats. Who thought rats and beef would be good? However... Police got around and the word started going around. The Food Administration disapproved of this rat dish. The DEA came around to see if they drugged it with rats. They started using pineapple on french fries. They’ve upgraded to a mall and now they sell crabs with cow guts and bananas. The guy is no longer poor. He lost his money again because he is in jail. 21

Taylor Swift is Overrated By Lilac, age 11 In my opinion, Taylor ain't that good. Like, what’s all the jazz about? I know her Eras Tour was like a month ago or whatever, but still. Her music isn’t even that good. Like everything is just “OMG! TAYLOR SWIFT! I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU! BUT I’M FEELING 22!” Like, no, I don’t want to hear you sing a Taylor Swift song for the millionth time. And don’t get me started on the clothing. Bracelets with her song names on them. Shirts saying “Who’s Taylor Swift anyway? Ew.” Absolutely no. And everyone is being Taylor for Halloween. The amount of Taylor fan pages in this book is astonishing. Like, I like her as a person but her music is just… ya. If I hear one more person sing one of her songs I’m gonna start a protest. Any friends who are Swifties, please don’t kill me. Taylor Swift: 3/10.

Why Taylor Swift is Sooo Great By Ali, age 12 and Wren, age 11

• • • • • • • • •

Broken 58 Guinness World Records She writes good songs Good fashion sense Cat person Her boyfriend is kind Makes different styles of music Her concerts are awesome She has 10+ albums 11 Grammys

Taylor Swift: Come TO VANCOUVER 22

Treasure By Aiyana, age 11

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TREASURE?

I WANT TREASURE

NO I DON'T.

5 YEARS LATER WHAT'S THAT?

OH, IT'S A MAP

I MUST GO GET IT

I AM HERE

ALMOST THERE

DI VE

I GOT IT

OH I SEE IT

HERE WE GO S IN

ALMOST THERE

YAY I HAVE IT

WALKING THERE

THE END 23

Princess Mermaid By Freya, age 7 Princess mermaid Eileen has two mermaid cats. They like to swim. Eileen's dad said, "no, no, no cats here no." The end.

Rangoli Amayra, age 7 Red Black Gold

The Mermaid By Nayeli, age 7 This is a mermaid and she has two pet narwals.

The Mandalorian By Luisa, age 7

Among Us By Omari, age 7

Astronauts: they are different colours.

The City By Elton, age 7

JET



FALL GHOST

TREE

THE CHARGE ROBOT TREE

The rock fell down and it hit the robot. And it hit a big rock. And it hit the spaceship. And it hit the building. And it hit the jet. The jet is damaged. 26

The Ice Cream and the Broccoli By Navy, age 6

Once upon a time, there was a unicorn that always ate ice cream with sprinkles and glitter. There was a cat right beside him. They were friends but the cat only got to eat broccoli and he was very jealous

The Ghost Took Your Candy By Mia, age 8

WAAAAA!!!

One day a ghost came to your house. You were hiding and he found you. He opened his mouth and he did not eat you but... he took your Halloween candy. You were sad. 27

Get Wood By S.S., age 7

PUNCH

WOOD

NO NO

NOOOO!

YAY

RUN TO IT

KICK

WOOD?

WOOD MAD NOW GET

NO WOOD? SAD

Bad Dumpling By Brooklyn, age 10

HI, I'M DUMPLING. I was a good Dumpling until I got D – HAHA, I can’t tell! One day a family came to the store. They were very happy. They ordered, duh. They got Dumps! I was so excited because it was my destiny to be eaten. But I was left behind because the worker did not see me. The day ended, but in the middle of the night I heard a loud bang. I was so scared! I saw a raccoon but it was outside, so I was not scared anymore (it was morning time). When I woke up, I smelled something rotten! It was me! I was the bad dumpling and I got sent to the dump and thrown out. Waaaah! The end. To be continued... HAHA wait for chapter two.

Me Like Feet By Emerito, age 11

ME LIKE FEET

SEE, ME LIKE FEET

ME LIKE FEET

Da Ninja By Kasen, age 11

START HERE!

GUY

GIRL

I'VE BEAT YOU, RIVAL

GUY

GIRL

CHOP CHOP FRUIT TO BE CONTINUED...

Rocket League By Arjuna, age 9 It’s soccer but with cars. They do front-flips, backflips and side-flips. You can even drive up walls. You can roll the ball, air dribble it, double-tap, musty, and more. You can play with other people or against the computer. It's hard and takes a lot of practice and skill. It takes a lot of time – like thousands of hours – to learn the Breezy Flip. That is if you ever learn it. Try a half-flip. I can do a half-flip and a turtle. Rocket League is free! 30

Cosmo's Adventure By Karmina, age 10

TRISSA

BYE

CUA

CUA CUA

OH, IT'S A BABY

I AM YOUR MOTHER NOW

My Family By Helena, age 7

DAD

MOM

SIS

BRO

My family is love. My brother, sister, mom, dad and me. We speak English.

Drama Town By M.K., age 9 There was a group of friends. Their names were Sally, Max and May. They all had siblings and they all had enemies. Their enemies’ names were Emaa, Fona, and Mai. Are you wondering why they are enemies? A long long time ago, there was a boy. His name was Calin. Emaa liked Calin and so did Sally. One day, Sally said, “I saw a cute boy.” Emaa said, “Same.” So they showed each other and then they screamed. That was how they became enemies. When Emaa went home, the door shut and Emaa screamed “W-what is that? In the shadow!” “Grrr,” said the mysterious monster. Mai screamed “Emaa!” But it was too late. “Yeah?” said Mai. “Call 911, please!” The police came and said “Hi, Ma’am.” Shivering, Mai said, “H-i.. hi,” “Hi,” he said, in a dark voice. She ran. “Where is she?” said the mysterious voice. Panicking, Mai ran into a wall. “Wh-aaat, this was not here before.” She heard walking in the hallway. Step, step, step. She screamed. He stepped out of the dark. She saw him. He looked scary. He had stitches on his face and his eye was poking out of his face. Smiling, he pulled out a knife… and Mai never came back. Where did the police go after that? The end. 32

The Murderer By A.S. ♥, age 9 I ran away from home. I was walking to my friend’s house. Someone was trying to stop me, but I punched her. I ran fast to my friend’s house. My friend opened the door and pulled me in. She looked at the clock and it was 3:00 am. She said, “There's a murderer on the loose!” The murderer broke the door and went inside the house. My friend grabbed the knife and stabbed the murderer. Then she called 911. I ran home when the police arrived. My parents saw me and said, “Never run away again. I said, “Okay.” The end.

Ghost Face Chasing Two People By Moshe, age 8

One night, there were two people running through a dark alley to a haunted house. The haunted house had a lot of spiderwebs and broken windows. The two friends were being chased by… Ghostface. They ran upstairs to get away. It was a dead end. Luckily, there was a broken window. They threw a pillow out the window and jumped out to the safe landing. They ran all the way home without looking back. They got home, hid in their room and ate 100 candies. 33

The Demon By A.S. ★, age 9 Once upon a time, there was a girl named Alyssa. When she got home, she saw her brother, Luke, floating in the air above the doorstep. She ran away as fast as she could. Her neighbour didn’t care because she was the demon that possessed him. Then the same thing happened to her twin sister, Sarah, but this time it was her twin’s husband Max. She went home and saw him floating over the bed, but she ran away as fast as she could. The floating man jumped in front of her. She gasped. She ran down the stairs as fast as she could. She called the police, but when they got there the people had disappeared. No one visited the house again until... the twins came back as demons. A new set of twins moved into the house. Their names were Lilly and Milly. The demon twins were disguised as furniture, but Lilly and Milly didn’t know (he he he!). The demons were now called Demon #1 (Alyssa) and Demon #2 (Sarah). Because they did not know that the demons were furniture, Lilly and Milly sat on them and the demons got mad. One day the demons had enough of people sitting on them. They turned into their human forms and floated in a backbend. Their eyes were dark red. Their bodies were twisted. Their heads were spinning and they were screaming “HELP!!!!” Lilly and Milly ran away. They got lost in a deserted place. They lost the two demons and gave a sigh of relief. Then they saw someone. She walked up to them. It was a real human. She asked them, “Am I pretty?” They said, “Yes.” She took off the mask and her mouth was cut from ear to ear. She asked them again, “Am I pretty? They said, “Yes.” She took out a knife and suddenly they realized it was the servant smiling lady in Korea. They ran as fast as they could and called the police. The police were on their way but by the time they arrived, everyone disappeared except for Demon #1 and Demon #2...

The Attack of Stick Man! By Andrei, age 12

THE AT TACK OF

STICK MAN! NOOO

I'M OUT! =)

THE END! WHAT AM I DOING HERE? GET BACK TO THE SHIP!

ZORO! LUFFY

The Popping Corn By A.L., age 11

POPPING CORN POPPING

CORN

POPPING

CORN

I'M OUT OF POPCORN?!!? FA I

JUST RANDOMLY APPEARED

NO POPCORN WAS HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS

NOM

PART 2 COMING SOON

A Nigerian's Daily Diet By Jewel, age 12

5 goat meat, 3 shaki, 3 puma. A lot of oil. 2 pounds of Jollof rice and fried rice. 10 meatpies. 12 puff puff. A whole watermelon. 5 akara. 2 moi moi.

1 ½ egg roll. 3 fish roll. 2 whole orange size Amala. 2 bowls of garri with groundnut. 2 bags of Chin Chins. 1 bag of kulikuli. Coleslaw, egg and bread.

Ranking Celebrities By Jasmine, age 94 (but actually 11) Taylor Swift: Sabrina Carpenter: Drake: SZA: Ryan Gosling: Ryan Reynolds: Miley Cyrus: Lana Del Ray: Ed Sheeran: Hailey Bieber: 37

10/10 - She’s a great musical artist *please give me tickets to the Eras tour* 9/10 - Music good, she’s nice 8/10 - Music good, but inappropriate and swears 8/10 - Good music but swears too 7/10 - He was in Barbie and Barbie was great (11/10: Haley’s ranking) 6/10 - A lot of girls fangirl him (11/10: Haley’s opinion – he's from Vancouver!) 6.5/10 - Overrated 4.2/10 - Overrated by TikTok 3/10 - Overrated 2/10 - She copies Selena Gomez

Froggy Picnic By Daisy, age 11

FROGGY PICNIC TIME TO TEXT MY FRIENDS

! ! BEEP BEEP EP! BE

Do you want to go for a picnic?

LET'S GO TO THE STORE

Of c! What time?

12:00

YAY CAN I HAVE 2 COFFEES, PLEASE?

LET'S GO TO THE PARK

YAYYYAY

YAY THE END

Amber The Bat and Lia The Mini Bear By Phyllis, age 11

HI! I'M AMBER! A SPECIAL LITTLE BAT! I’M SPECIAL CUZ... FLA

SEE? I'M

INVISIBLE!

FL A P

NOW, I WANT YOU GUYS TO MEET MY FRIEND!

MEET...

AT THE RESTAURANT

LIA!

OOOF! I ATE TOO MUCH.

YUMMY!

YAY!

HI! HI!

NOW LET'S GO GET-

FOOD!

AT THE ART GALLERY... HMM...

OOF! SAME.

INTERESTING LOTS OF EATING LATER I'M BORED

SAME

AN HOUR LATER

CUTE! A LEA

I'M HUNGRY

SAME

LET'S EAT MORE FOOD AN HOUR OF DRAWING LATER

YAY!!!

AMBER & LIA'S PICTURE

LET'S...

DRAW! YO PLACUR E!

ANOTHER HOUR LATER

THE END!

Monkeys By Meghan, age 11 Meghan’s Faves:

Meghan’s Really Really Hard Dislikes:

՘ TAYLOR SWIFT

՘ Vegetables

՘ Basketball

՘ Bananas

՘ Volleyball

՘ Soccer

՘ Ultimate frisbee

՘ Birds

՘ Donuts

՘ Vegetable ramen

՘ Iced coffee

՘ Clowns

՘ Coffee

՘ Bad hair days

՘ The word “animals”

՘ Losing the TV remote

՘ PETRO CANADA!!!

՘ Nature

՘ Candy

՘ Hiking

՘ Dora the Explorer

՘ Walking

՘ Go Diego Go

՘ Black licorice

՘ Motorcycles

՘ Tootsie Rolls

՘ Having a TV in your room

՘ Tootsie Pops

՘ Eras Tour tickets

՘ Rubik's Cubes

՘ Cars

՘ Swamps

՘ Phillippines

՘ Rules

՘ Peppa Pig

՘ Having a bedtime

՘ Peppa Pig’s treehouse

՘ Flying balloons

՘ Teletubbies

Me By Leah, age 8 The thing that makes me unique is my cat had babies and I take care of them.

FY FLUF

COCO

Grandview ¿uuqinak'uuh Elementary Dragon Friends Getting Bullied By Linden, age 9

ORANGE-DRAGY

RED-FLAMY

BLUE-DARK WING

At Dragon School, they try to learn how to use their powers at Dragcess (instead of recess). The mean ones started picking on the little dragons at Draglunch (dragon lunch).

Ripwatcher By Ghinnvieve, age 11

Ripwatcher is a dragon who was cursed by demon eyes. She has been in war and she has trust issues due to her visible trauma. 41

Why Cats Are the Best By Tia, age 10

P.S. NOBODY TALKS

The Vampire By Miracle, age 8

Once upon a time in a scary forest, there was Miracle and her friend. There was a vampire chasing them. They ran away from the hungry vampires. The vampires had fangs and could fly when they were bats. Suddenly the sun came up. Their faces were hot like fire and the vampires died.

Tic-Tac-Toe By Athena, age 9

I like tic-tac-toe because it is fun. I am nine and I can play with my friends. 43

Alien Playland Explorer By Jerico, age 11 Near a haunted house in Playland, a helicopter crash landed. An alien came out and decided to explore. He found a hotdog stand so he went inside and saw a hotdog. He was hungry from his loooong trip in space, so he picked up the hot dog and swallowed it down in one big gulp! But what the alien didn’t know was that the hotdog was filled with beans that make you fart. He was wandering around when he looked across the field and saw ‘The PNE’ in big bold letters. He went across the field to go to the PNE. He crossed the field halfway and then farted. He couldn't control his farts and blasted off to space like a rocket going 5078 kph!! The end.

Manhunt By Hassan, age 10

HI I WILL GET THE TREE DREAM COME

COME BACK DREAM

BYE

Haunted Mansion By Zoey, age 9 There was a 10-year-old girl named Kat. Her parents bought a nice home. They thought it was nice, but it was haunted. It was kind of far from the city. When they moved, something was weird. The cabinets were opening at night while they were sleeping. When Kat woke up to use the washroom, she walked through her bedroom door and rubbed her eyes. As she looked in the mirror, she saw a ghost. She ran back into her room and hid under the covers. She phoned her friend Max and told her what happened. Max offered to come over to her house. The next day Max came over and the ghost disappeared. The end.

Random Question By Lyan, age 9 HOW WAS YOUR FIRST KISS?

...

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

BAD IF YOU KEEP ASKING!!!

DO YOUㅡ I'M OUT!!!

NO, WAIT!

Cutie’s Halloween Costume By Zhona, age 9

WHAT'S WRONG NOW, I LOST CUTIE? MY COSTUME

WELL, LET'S GO FIND IT

CUT IE

MIMI

SCARLET

YAY!

♪♪♩♬ OH, I LOVE YOU ♪♩♬♪ I THINK

BLINK

I KNOW...

I FOUND IT

BLINK

Jokes By Jesse, age 12 1. What's the scariest plant in the jungle? Bamboo. 2. Why did the bike fall over? Because it was two tired. 3. Why did the dad have to bring extra socks to golf? In case he got a hole in one. 4. Wanna know a pizza joke... ? Never mind, it’s too cheesy. 5. W hy didn’t the rooster cross the road? Because it’s the chicken's job. 46

The Ghost in the Orphanage By Kareem Oyinkansola Elizabeth, age 11 Once upon a time, there was a girl named Tina. She was an orphan. Her father died so she had to go to the graveyard. She started seeing and hearing things. She covered her ears, threw the flowers, and left the graveyard. She still went to see her father every day. She was very confused and scared at the same time because of the ghost she saw in the graveyard. She didn’t know what she kept seeing. The third time in the graveyard, she saw her father’s ghost. She swore to never return to the graveyard. Nine months later, it was her birthday in the orphanage. She had fries and cake, all of her favourites. She was very sad her parents were not there. She sat in her room alone and thought she was alone… but then her bed moved and a voice said to her, “I’m always with you.” The end!

Next Gen Ninjago By Thalia, age 9 Characters: Tia: Master of Tech Sora: was Master of Tech Ghinnvieve: Master of Water Nya: was Master of Water Iger: Master of Fire Amethyst: Master of Metal Thalia: Master of Fusion “Ghinnvieve, Tia, Iger, Amethyst! Breakfast is ready!” Thalia said Master Sora came in carrying plates. “Do you want to try Frisbee-spin jiu-jitsuing the plates?” she said. A few minutes later... “ARIN!” Sora said. “Yes?” Arin said with a small voice. “Could you please get us more plates?” Sora asked. “Yup!” Arin said. A few minutes later, Arin arrived with the plates with a frown on his face. “The oven is broken!!” he yelled. “Sorry,” said Tia. (A few hours later) “It’s fixed,” said Tia and Sora together. 47

The Push By Hunter, age 12 and Derek, age 12

ROOF

BALL

My Cat By ME, age 12

Day in the Life of Hello Kitty (Part 1) By Lily, age 12 7:00 am: Wakes up and does her skincare to look good for her boyfriend, Spiderman. 8:00 am: Snaps Spiderman. 8:30 am: Gets dressed. 8:50 am: E ats breakfast and posts it on her story. 9:00 am: Goes to school. They have the same classes. 12:00 pm: For lunch, they eat Chanchos. 12:05 pm: Spiderman has to leave… She livestreams while she eats. 12:20 pm: Goes home to take a nap… she doesn’t fall asleep 1:00 pm: Calls Spiderman… He doesn’t pick up 1:10 pm: Calls Spiderman’s friend. He answers. He doesn't know where Spiderman is. The end.

Mission Impossible: Stealing Cheesy’s Cheese By Ryan, age 12 “A world of mice where everyone is a mouse.” One day, there was a group of four mice: Jeff, the leader; Bailey, the righthand mouse; Victoria, the brains behind the operation; and Brian, the lefthand mouse. They were meeting to create their plan to steal all the cheese from the big cheese factory. This cheese factory was the main factory of a big cheese company called Cheesy. They finished their plan and headed towards the factory. Jeff, Bailey and Brian went to the front door of the factory. While the boys were putting the plan into action, Victoria was on her computer inside the van, giving them instructions through an earpiece. Jeff asked the secretary at the front desk if they could use the bathroom. She said it was okay and gave them directions. The boys entered the bathroom. Brian said, “This smells very bad!” They took out the tools hidden in their clothes. Brian got on top of Bailey and Jeff climbed up on Brian to get to the top. Jeff opened the big vent using a screwdriver. Jeff went in and helped Brian climb up. Brian and Jeff then helped Bailey get into the vent. To be continued... 49

Bella and The Kidnapping By Adara, age 11 On a day just like this one, on October 26th, 1973, two sisters named Anabelle and Bella were going to Victor’s house. Victor was Bella’s husband and Anabelle’s ex. When Bella and Anabelle got there, the house was messy. There was also a note on the door:

If you want him back, get the will and meet at 3 pm. Lighthouse. –ykiv “We need to find Victor’s will so that we can save him,” Bella said. She was really worried. Anabelle and Bella looked for a safe or something that could hold the will. 3 hours later, Anabella said, “I think I found something.” She opened a book and found one million dollars. Anabelle and Bella got in the car and made it to the lighthouse. There was Victor’s sister, Vicky, and Victor was tied up. “We’re here with the money, now untie Victor and we will leave.” Bella’s adrenaline took over. “Fine.” Vicky gave Victor over. Once Victor was untied he said, “Run!” Anabelle and Bella ran. The book blew up! Afterwards, Victor explained, “I set a bomb for one hour, then it would blow up.” Once they got home, Victor showed Bella the real will and they lived happily ever after. The End.

All Girls K-Pop Playlist By Diamond, age 12

Big Hit Groups: ITZY "Kill Shot" "Ringo" "Dalla Dalla" "Cake" "Loco" "Wannabe" "Swipe" "#Twenty" Twice "What Is Love" "Real You" "Icon" "Shot Thru " "Brave" "I Can’t Stop Me" "More & More" "Go Hard" "Crazy Stupid Love"

NMIXX "Love Me Like This" "Dice" "Roller Coaster" "O.O" "Party O’Clock" "PAXXWORD" "Home" "My Gosh" "Tank" NewJeans "New Jeans " "Super Shy" "OMG" "ETA" "GODS" "Cool With You" "Get Up" "ASAP"

Small Groups: Aespa "Savage" "Aenergy" "Thirsty" "Life’s Too Short" "Salty & Sweet" "Dreams Come True" "Illusion" "Better Things" "Black Mamba "

Red Velvet "Peek-A-Boo" "Bad Boy" "Feel My Rhythm" "Birthday" "Queendom"

The Mouse in The House By Ariana, age 12 This is a story about a mouse that lives in a house. Henry the mouse sees a glorious piece of cheese on the table. The table is a trap, by the way. Henry goes after the cheese. When he finally gets there, he hears a snap. He turns around and sees another glorious piece of cheese on the table. He notices it’s his friend, Leo. Leo lives in the house with Henry. Leo is stuck. Henry needs a plan to save his friend, Leo. It needs to be an epic plan. Henry remembers he had old stuff from his dad hidden behind the dresser. He grabs walkie-talkies and a grappling hook. When he is about to leave the hole behind the dresser, he sees some feet—they're furry. He goes in for a closer look and... it’s the cat named Garfield. Somehow he needs to get past Garfield. Henry uses his small laser to distract Garfield away from the dresser. Now that Garfield is home, Henry hurries to the table to save Leo. Henry gets to the top of the table and lifts the bar on the table. Henry helps Leo off the table. The best mouse friends celebrate and eat the glorious cheese. The end.

Thunderbird Elementary

How to Be Cool By Violetta “Gar Gar”, age 10 1. Look good

6. Have friends

2. Wear good outfits

7. Play sports

3. Be kinda nice

8. Hang with your friends

4. Listen to cool music

9. Go shopping

5. Don’t swear

10. Wear Nike

N.E.R.D. (Not not cool Epically Really cool Dude) By Tony, age 13

Fun History Facts About Space By Chloe, age 10 1. D id you know the sun is growing 3.2cm every year? According to scientists, the sun will destroy the earth in 30,000,000 years due to the huge amount it will grow. 2. D id you know that the moon fades away once a year? Not fading but leaving. Sooner or later the moon will be too far away but that won’t be for a billion years. 3. D id you know Mars is slowly losing its colour due to the light gravity on Mars? 4. Did you know that the black hole is 3.8 times lighter than the sun? 5. D id you know the sun is not the biggest star in the world? There is a star called UY SCUTI which is 10 billion times brighter than the sun. It’s extremely red and it’s in the constellation Scutum. 6. D id you know the biggest black hole ever is 5.8 larger than the last black hole? This new black hole is called Phoenix A*. It is located in the galaxy in the middle of the Phoenix cluster about 5.8 billion light years away from Earth. 7. P eople have a theory that in the black hole, there is another universe, making us basically an ant compared to them. These are just theories so we are not 100 percent sure. We will just have to wait until the future. 8. Did you know there are 200 billion trillion stars in the whole galaxy? 9. D id you know the Earth could have rings if the moon came close enough? The moon would break the Roche limit of 9,500 km making the earth’s gravitation crumble and giving the earth rings 10. Did you know that the sun is not yellow? It’s just a reflection. The true colours of the sun are white. That’s all the facts. My name is Chloe, I am ten-years-old and I love science, bye.

Bob the Blob By Iree (Aahiri), age 12

HI I'M BOB

AND MY LIFE IS KINDA CRAZY

I USED TO BE ICE CREAM!

BUT A KID CALLED MARY...

... STARTED TAKING BIG BITES OUT OF ME!

THEN SHE DROPPED ME! ON THE ROAD TOO!

AND SINCE THAT DAY, I’VE BEEN A BLOB.

GO HOME: A Mixtape By Abi, age 12

"Champagne Poetry" – Drake

"Papi’s Home" – Drake

"Girls Want Girls (ft. Lil Baby)" - Drake

"Yebba’s Heartbreak" – Drake

"Race My Mind" – Drake

"Belong to the City" – PARTYNEXTDOOR

"Virginia Beach" – Drake

"Amen (ft. Teezo Touchdown)" - Drake

"Calling For You (ft. 21 Savage)" - Drake

10. "Daylight (ft. Adonis)" - Drake 11. "7969 Santa" - Drake 12. "Marvin’s Room" – Drake 13. "Diamonds" – Rihanna 14. "Love on the Brain" – Rihanna 15. "Work (ft. Drake)" - Rihanna 16. "Bahamas Promises" – Drake 17. "Members Only (ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR)" - Drake 18. "8am in Charlotte" – Drake 19. "Gently (ft. Bad Bunny") - Drake 20. "Another Late Night" - Drake

Hammy the Agent By Ben, age 11 One day, Hammy was on a secret mission to stop the evil eagle by getting a bunch of sunflower seeds and stuffing them inside his mouth. He spit the seeds at the eagle, then the eagle fell to the ground. Hammy saved all the hamsters. When the pet owner came back, Hammy was just on the wheel.

George's Routine By Azel, age 10 First George wakes up. Next, he eats breakfast. Then he brushes his teeth and gets ready to teach kids at T-Bird. When he gets there he goes into his office, goes on his phone, and waits for gym class so the kids come and he can teach them. The kids come so he starts teaching them about volleyball and how to hit the ball. If you hit it wrong, he gets mad and yells at you and makes you sit on the bench. When school finishes, he goes home, eats, and then goes to the dollar store to get equipment for gym. The next day he tells the kids he got it for one thousand dollars.

Ice Spice By Enzo, age 11

Crit’s Puns By Rujaanth, age 10

CRIT'S PUNS

STOOF BLOOP

CLONK HI READER CHIEF

I FOUND YOU A MATCH

STOP PUNNING. DON'T YOU KNOW THE LIMITS FOR COMIC PUNNING?

CAN'T YOU GET THIS PROBLEM? THIS IS YOUR LIFE.

GLOOP

FLICK

THERE IS A SPARK BETWEEN YOU AND IT. THAT'S IT. YOU ARE UNDER ARREST

PLOINK

LIFE CEREAL

BLONK

HARIBO

YOU ARE HARIBO

I DONUT WANT YOU TO STOP

I GUESS I AM PUNDER ARREST

I DON'T THINK THE STRIP CAN TAKE IT ANY LONGER

BOOM BLOP

WHOA

OUT THIS LET'S TALK AB

YOU'RE AN IMPASTA NOOO PASTA

CLONK

CLIFF BARS

CLOOP

GREAT! NOW EVERYTHING IS BLACK

BLA

RY SOR

THIS IS A REAL CLIFF HANGER

CREAK

WE WON!

BUT NOT C-4! C-4

OH, A PHONE!

RAA! RAA!

BEEP!

PSST. WHAT DO WE DO?

(INTENSE MUSIC)

TO BE CONT INUED

BUT WE RAN OUT ATTACK, OF AMMO! MAN!

ZOOMED IN

TURN TO READ!

Attack!

By Marcus the Great is Slick, age 10



' Elementary Хpey

Never Have I Seen By The Xpey' Kids, Youth and Volunteers, all ages Never have I seen a pig dig a puddle in the rain on Saturday. Last week I saw a dog at Fright Nights. The dog went on a ride with me and got scared and passed out. RIP. The dog threw up on Alex. Alex said, “Ew, you musty, crusty, rusty dog. I'm never bringing you on a ride ever again.”

Vancouver Technical Secondary School The Diaries of Thoo: Found By Thoo, found by Mason, age 14 #1: How to Gain Hail-Water (rare) When it begins to rain at about 5° to -1°, it may begin to hail. The issue is you need a green plastic cup (very important that it is green). When it starts, wait 2 minutes and 53 seconds (also important) then set your cup exactly 53cm above the ground average height with a 5m average then wait for 5 minutes and 17 seconds BEFORE it stops, then put it in a freezer at -1.59625° Celsius. Thanks for reading issue #1 of Thoo’s fun tips! #2: Questions 1. V = V = � − 6x3 − 45b(PersonThoo)4 to the Power of Pies Thoo ate in Vienna 2. How is the universe? 3. Why did whales not grow legs? 4. Why aren’t most doors double-sided?

Edd Marsh By Chelsy, age 18 He likes Coke, drawing, and writing songs. He is an indoor person.

My Phone By Tommy, age 16

SNAPCHAT

AM AGR T S IN

FACEBOOK

Would You Rather? By Riley, age 16 Soda for the rest of your life

Juiceboxes for the rest of your life

Only wear the colour black

Never wear the colour black

Have a cheeseburger with french fries for the rest of your life

Mac and cheese with hot dogs for the rest of your life

P MU WAR

THE ADVENTURES OF SHAUN SHAUN THE MICROTAUN

WHAT ARE WE INSIDE OF? WHO KNOWS?

JOIN ME

TICK ET BOOTH

SHAUN SHAUN T HE MICROTA UN

The Adventures of Shaun Shaun the Microtaun By Kasper, age 13

TURN TO READ!



Tree Poem By David, age 16 In the forest’s heart, where sunlight gleams, stand the ancient trees, the guardians of dreams. Their roots run deep, their branches held high, whispering their stories to the open sky.

Dragon By M.N., age 15

The Bobbit and the Desolation of Droog By Damien, age 14 After we arrived at Beorn House, we ate and talked about when we had to arrive at the Mountain. We ate chicken wings. We left the next day because there were only twenty days in winter. We borrowed some ponies from Beorn and rode all the way to the Lonely Mountain. We spent three days there while we found some food. When we left, we went around the mountain and down a path around the side. When we finally arrived near the base, we rested for a day. The next day, we started walking again. We walked for five days with no sleep at all. Finally, we arrived at the secret entrance and waited for the rest of the day. When it was the first day of winter, we saw the keyhole and used the key to open the mountain up. It was my time to go steal the stone. I went to where all the treasure would be. I did not find it for two hours. But when I picked up a piece of gold, all of the treasure fell off Droog. It was him. I quickly put on my ring and turned invisible. Droog woke up and said, “I will kill you for waking me up and I will kill you for being in my mountain!!” He blew fire all over the place because he could not see me. I went very far away until I saw the stone. I quickly grabbed it and ran away. Droog saw it was missing, so he got up and left his mountain and went all the way to the Lonely Mountain. Droog made it to the mountains. He started to burn everything around it until Bolin the Dwarf shot a black arrow right through his scale and Droog died. Back at Morabor, we found out that Bolin killed Droog. Thor was so happy. He went to look for the shiny stone, but he could not find it in the treasure because I never told him that I’d already found it. He started to get really sick because of all the treasure that got consumed over Droog. He got so mad at the rest of the dwarves that he started yelling and yelling and almost killed one of them. But not far away, there was a goblin army coming to start a war for the mountain. They were right around the corner. Two hours later we heard a loud sound. We went outside and saw the goblins. They tried to break into the mountain but it was very sturdy. Thor's sickness left him because he knew he had to save his people. His cousin Ryan came to help Thor. Ryan had a whole army of dwarves. They started to fight after Thor got out of the mountain. Thor said: “I have to take out their leader.” He went up with some of his best warriors and sliced Bay's head off but died in the process. Bat stamped Thor, but Thor had enough energy to stamp Bat right through the chest. I was really sad it happened, but I can’t do anything about it. I went home and I lived happily ever after till the end of my days. The end. 65

Maria's Playlist By Destiny, age 13 and Maria, age 17 1.

"Girls Need Love" – Summer Walker

"Lost in the Fire" - Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd

"The Take (feat. Chris Brown)" - Tory Lanez

"We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)" – Rihanna

"Earned It" – The Weeknd

"Loveeeeeee Song" – Rihanna & Future

"Often" – The Weeknd

"All I Need" – Lloyd

"Swimming Pools" – Lloyd

10. "Streets" – Doja Cat 11. "Love Songs (Bonus)" – Kaash Paige 12. "If Only You Were Mine (feat. Scyzhip)" – Esabella

AOR Playlist By Addie, Olivia, and Rhoda, age 13 "Hallelujah" by Paul Russell "You Will Be Okay (Stolas’ Lullaby)" by Annapantsu "Ain’t No Crying" by Derivakat "Killing Butterflies" by Lewis Blissett "three wheels and it still drives!" by glaive "Island In The Sun" by Weezer "deepfake" by Brakence "thingsudo2me (feat. Brakence)" by ericdoa "right where you left me (bonus track)" by Taylor Swift "under the weather" by CORPSE "Enough Is Enough" by Post Malone "Fine Line" by Harry Styles "traitor" by Olivia Rodrigo

The Youth Program at 877 Shrek: The Final Chapter By Farley, age 14 I don’t remember what happened in the last part. Neither does Shrek. Let’s say they woke up in a nursing home. Shrek went to the pharmacy to get his prescription pills and then went to his apartment to relax. He turned on the TV. It had been two years since his last adventure (two reasons: something for the story and I didn’t know how to conclude last year). Shrek went to bed and dreamt of destroying Steve Harwell’s liver. He woke up terrified in the middle of New York with half of the city destroyed. Who caused this? Shrek went to Steve Harwell’s house (the lead singer of Smash Mouth) to see if he could help him. Steve agreed to help Shrek, but something seemed wrong. Steve seemed sick. Steve followed Shrek to his house and when Shrek went to sleep something happened. Shrek got up and poked Steve with a stick. Steve was very hurt and Shrek woke up as he was poking Steve. Shrek felt awful. He hurt his hero. Shrek went to the roof of his apartment to disappear from the world but I stopped him and I said “Dude, you are the main character!” Shrek was confused. I showed him I was writing a story about him. Shrek told me I had to end it somehow. He was right but I wasn’t sure how. Shrek grabbed the story out of my hand and threatened to burn it. I told him I could just rewrite it. It seemed that I had defeated Shrek but he asked to make a deal with me. This would be the last one that I write. I had so many other stories written out already but he was right. I burned every other story and made this the finale. I then wrote another random story titled, “Kennitron.” It was random but at least it was unique. The Shrek saga is over. But a new story might start soon. The End.

Man Hates Enjoying Things By Tony, age 15 There was a man named Man who hated enjoying things. Every time he enjoyed something, from eating white bread to having quality time with family, Man would always think of something equally unenjoyable, such as taxes, politics, and the vast emptiness of this universe. But if Man were to actually begin enjoying things, the world would collapse in on itself. As a result, Man believed he was doing a service for everyone as he was the only different person on this globe. Man was the equilibrium that keeps the humans who enjoy things in check; the humans who enjoy things keep Man in check. Then one day, Man realized he had meaning in his life. Man smirked and enjoyed that moment, but as soon as he did, he realized everyone on Earth, including him, was suddenly stuck in this vast emptiness of the universe. P.S. Sorry I ran out of jokes.

Rengoku By AJ/AnaJulia, age 13

John Egbert is Pregnant By Kiana, age 12

John Egbert was pregnant (somehow) so now he’s John Pregbert. He gave birth to an evil infant he named Karkat. “Goo goo.” “Ew,” said John. Dave was the dad BUT… he cheated!!! “How could you, Dave?” John said. Dave shrugged. The End (I think).

Godzilla Drawing By Philip, age 15

Matthias is Pro By William, age 12 Matthias is pro. I saw him playing and he got the highest rank and he has the best wifi.

ME PRO

THIS IS PROOF

Am Pro By Matthias, age 12

I'M PRO...

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