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JUNE QIN

The Herbalist             A heavy woman in her mid-40s, with frizzy, curly hair and a mischievous glint in her eye kicked open her 1925 Chevy door and kicked it back, walking with a slouch up to her front door.            “And this is the only time when I wish Read more…

ANGELA ZHAO

Weston, CT’s Path to VEX Robotics World Championships Simply being invited to Regionals in any sport is an honor. The amount of work and effort you need to put in is exceptional. But in robotics, going to Regionals is a whole other thing. Robotics isn’t technically a sport, but you must put in all your Read more…

ROEN SCOTT

To me, the poem “The Dong with the Luminous Nose” by Edward Lear, is a rather intriguing story. It’s not one of those stories when the prince (the Dong) finds his princess (the Jumbly girl), gets married and lives happily-ever-after. The Dong has lost his Jumbly Girl when she went back to sea in the sieve Read more…

MICHAEL LIN

The Curse of the Blue Figurine by John Bellairs has been quite a marvelous experience for one of my age to read. Right from the beginning you cannot but just help imagining the scenario as if you were Johnny Dixon himself. Bellairs creates very thorough and thought-out characters, most significantly Professor Childermass. At first, the professor just seems like an average grumpy old man Read more…