Write about a character whose life changes for the better.

Posted in Middle School on Nov 1, 2022

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“With Sugar, Please” by Ashley Ulery

Submitted to Contest #152

Silica dust swarms my head as the day’s sweat invades my vision. Breathing through a bandana, I glare at the men spraying flint stone from a hose at all angles except on the roadway. Construction inspection was not my game plan five years ago, but if you want to have anything in your name, you go where the money is. “Hey girlie, you’re in the way!” They know my name. We’ve been working on this same project together for over a year, but I’m still girlie. I move to the shoulder, no doubt in my mind that I am in fact in the way. Spatial awaren...

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“Peggy’s a Knockout!” by Jame Michaels

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Peggy’s a Knockout! By Jame Michaels I might as well be honest. All through school, my teachers told my parents I was an under achiever. “She has the potential.” “She can do so much better.” “She’s got it, but she’s not applying herself.” Every year, same old story. I received a B or an A in Physical Education, I received a B or sometimes even an A in Home Econ. I could cook, sew, mend, but English, Math, History – Boring. Always, without exception, a D. In my junior year of high school, my Dad was studying for his Ham license. He ask...

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