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Write about a character whose life changes for the better.

Posted in Middle School on Nov 1, 2022

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“A Rainy Miracle” by Urooj Aslam

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Ever met someone who is not afraid of breaking barriers? A rule breaker perhaps. Well, I have. The day when my consciousness has learned the meaning of these instilled barriers. Barriers of our eastern society. Belonging to a country where social norms have a grip on the lives of people. It’s hard to survive with a thought of your own. She is a person with an independent thought. A person who is kind yet fierce as well. She has the elements of fire and ice in her. I have often met her. She is my inside, my best friend. She is my comfort zo...

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“The First Timeline” by Ziya T

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“ I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine.” She was most undoubtedly not fine but she was trying. It was her day off she was having a great time, a decent time at least. She slept in, then got out of bed to make her favorite breakfast, french toast with berries and whipped cream. She took slow; read a little, watched a movie, and noticed how nice it was so went to the gym and decided to finish out the night by going to sit in the park before dinner. It was empty at this time probably because most people were eating now, if she stayed long enough others...

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“A Broken Past” by Ava Gallo

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I grabbed Sadie’s leash out of my closet and tossed it on my bed. I put my lion fish necklace my best friend gave me two years ago around my neck. Rummaging through the little clothes I had left, and tossing them into my teal blue gym bag and grabbed the shoebox from inside a dresser drawer.  Inside, I grabbed my TX-22 and loaded it. I placed the gun in the inner pocket of my worm out jean jacket. I looked out the window to see once my favorite things, now a pile of ash.  Hank, my stepdad, came into the picture when I was eight yea...

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“The Unlabeled Gift” by Zoë Page

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I accidently skipped seventy years of my life, so I hosted a full-blown teenage-dream party at an old people’s home with only over 65s. Pretty epic, if you ask me. * It all started, really, when for my fourteenth birthday, I received this parcel. It was a Monday morning, so typically, an incredibly overwhelming and emotional time. Me complaining I had to go to school on my special day through mouthfuls of overly soggy cereal; my younger sister begging me to hurry up so she could open my presents; my mom shouting at nobody in particular becau...

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“Requiem at a Barber Shop ” by Charles Oppman

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Requiem at a Barber Shop I walked into our house and cried out for my wife, Mel. I needed to share something with her. Something that would blow her mind. “Why are your eyes all red and puffy, Charlie? You been cryin’? Dude, you took like a bat outta hell. What was that all about?” she asked. “I know, I know; sorry about that. It’s just that you were raggin’ on me about stuff you wanted done around the house and the kids were behavin’ like little shits. I needed a break and a haircut, so I went to the Blue Hen. Can we talk about that later...

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“Divine Intervention ” by Maja Samuelsson

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Divine intervention  "Take a sip from the red cup Elaine." The Overseer says, walking toward her and the spectating devotees.  The rusted cup is shaking in her hands. Elaine’s fingers feel the metal of the cup slowly heating up from its warm contents. Her gag reflex is becoming tough to control with the fumes and stench from the cup so close to her face.  The Overseer has his embellished arms crossed, rubbing some of the paint and dirt off on his ceremonial clothing. With his dark and bushy eyebrows furrowed he turns his b...

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“Lucky” by ♥☪ᙏҽɬσɳყ Ƒɾҽ𝓶σɳԃ☪♥

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I'd always wanted a baby for as long as I could remember.I loved the idea of taking care of and loving a beautiful creature that I made. It’s been that way since I was a kid. Just the constant longing and excitement knowing that one day, my turn would be here. Then the moment came when I met Nick, or so I thought.In high school, I was a popular cheerleader. The stereotype if you will. Everything was perfect and he made that even better.. He was also a bit of a stereotype a famous basketball player with his head in the clouds. We were oblivio...

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“Tatiana of Wrath ” by Jimmy Burke

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The city of Sadansk was gloomy to begin with.  But it was gloomier in the winter.  The Eastern European city did not have many modern buildings. And the few low skyscrapers that were considered new were only located in the center. The rest of the skyscrapers were from a half-forgotten Soviet past, and they stuck out of the earth like old jagged teeth that should have been removed long ago.  As you leave the center of the city towards the outskirts, everything becomes more dilapidated. The roads get worse and the potholes...

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“​It's not How you Start the Game, it's How you End the Game!” by Yoonah Cho

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2005-2010 I remember most of my childhood bedridden, in a pearl white castle. I remember my grandmother guiding me to the shower, where she would bathe me as my frail body plopped down on a wooden chair. I remember the jokes my grandfather would make; anything he said, he said to lighten up my heart. Growing up in that beautiful house, dressing in the finest silk, my health did not resemble beauty. I am sure you are curious about how ill I was, so I shall give you a list to ease your curiosity: Asthma, Immunodeficiency, and Iron Defici...

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“The Fortune of Fate” by Ann Walker

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My name is Tristan Sowle, and on August 15, 2010 my life changed forever. I was born in Fallholt, Nebraska on July 7, 2001 to my mother and father, Ivory and Calvin Sowle. They were both born in this town before me, their parents hailing before them from other continents such as England and Australia. They made my childhood absolutely incredible, and I couldn’t thank them enough. I’m not sure if I’ll ever get to, though.  That night, on August 15th, our family got ready for bed as usual. My parents slept downstairs, and I was upstairs....

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“A Wise Choice” by Castle Marie

Submitted to Contest #152

***Contains some minor use of adult language MIRANDA’S PERSPECTIVE:     “BLOOD! Blood! Mommy, it’s blood!”     In a panic, the (on the end of its life-span, bristles turned yellow, while starting to smell of mildew) dish-scrubber escaped my hand and plopped into the soapy ocean below (well, more like a murky, disease ridden river), where bits of macaroni and cheese and old milk floated amongst an army of plastic nipples, metal straws, spoons, and a pan with last night’s dinner glued to the edg...

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“The Week Before” by Clara Candace Farr

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Chapter 2       The Week BeforeDaryl had awoken by himself in an unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar house, in an unfamiliar town, where people seemed to know him. He thought perhaps he had lost his mind. That divorce really did me in, he told himself as he tried to reason this bizarre almost out-of-body experience. He could see he had somehow traveled to another century, unless he had a complete mental break, which was what he was leaning towards. He waved when neighbor’s waved, smiled whe...

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“Kitchen Sets” by Simi A

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When Jules moved in, Viv had a prickly feeling underneath her skin that life was about to change. Jules blew into Ditton with the force of a hurricane-- all long, black braids and plaid-print bags, chattering on the phone so loudly the entire complex could hear her. Peering out of her bedroom window-- weeks before Jules actually moved in-- Viv had wondered how long this strange woman would stay. People like that-- with diamonds glittering on their fingers and designer clothes-- usually didn't stay in Ditton for long. Especially not in Viv'...

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“The Maybe House” by Zelda Crist

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CW: language, substance abuse, suicide.Every day after work, car seat cruelly erect against my aching back and the growing bags beneath my eyes gaining weight at every stop sign, I drive by the house. The yellow, sunny, westward pointing, cape cod style house with twin bird feeders out front. It was the crown jewel of that little block, just across from the gate of the community garden on the other side of the street. I’d slow down as I approached, crawling up the block at five miles per hour, and come to a complete stop at the ‘yield to ped...

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“Sharing Water” by Anne Packingham

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Shared Water: by Annie     Lana stood on her dock looking across the miniature lake or Pond at the other side. She kind of shrugged her tan shoulders and twisted up her long braid and slipped the elastic band around it. It was too warm to have hair hanging on her neck even if it was a braid.  She picked up the handles of the wheel barrow and pushed the plants and tools out near her Patio. She smiled at her little cottage with the vines that twisted about the banister of the deck. She loved the b...

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