Write about a character who gets called an Einstein ironically.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 26, 2022

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“ Name: Tokyo Michelle "Einstein" Johnson-Tanaka” by Jonathan Tam

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Tokyo was her father’s idea. It was where her parents met. Her father was a tailor in the city and her mother was a pilot at the Yokota Airbase. At a party of mutual acquaintances, their eyes met from across the room and couldn’t stay off each other ever since. The words that they wanted to say to each other didn’t always exist in their tongues, but they could always find them in each other’s eyes. Pain. Doubt. Joy. And truth. It was how he knew long before she told him that she would eventually be leaving Tokyo. Her eyes showed how much it ...

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“We're Going to Get Out of This Alive” by S.M. Brown

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“You know, I’ve always wanted to die in a literal dump with some random people I just met. Lucky me,” Lovett drawls from where he’s sprawled over a tire twice his size. He’s lazily tossing an empty plastic bottle in his hands and looking up past the endless mounds of trash to the darkening sky above.“I mean, what’re the odds? I’d play the lottery if I wasn’t going to get brutally devoured by a giant, mutant cockroach-rat-thing in a few hours.”“Could you please stop complaining and maybe get back up?" Theia says exasperated, brows pinched. "W...

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“The Secret” by Rachel Connor

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“What do you think is in here?” Philip asked knee-deep in curiosity and sewage. His head swiveled over to look at Peri, shining his flashlight directly into their eyes. Shutting them swiftly, Peri shrugged. “Something no one wants us to find.” Emily laughed and quickly flew her hand up to her chest pocket on her flannel coat. “Too late!” She shouted, her freckles bouncing around on her face. A small stitched horse seemed to be shouting its disagreement as she dug around ...

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Write about a character who gets called an Einstein ironically.

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✍️ 18 stories

“ Name: Tokyo Michelle "Einstein" Johnson-Tanaka” by Jonathan Tam

“We're Going to Get Out of This Alive” by S.M. Brown

“The Secret” by Rachel Connor

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Write a story about a scientist.

Write a story about somebody in love with someone from their past.

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Write a story about someone forced out of their home.

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