After we got through the line, the soldiers began to separate the men from the women. ... They took us to another sorting area, to separate the children from the men. ... Dinner was a piece of bred, and water or coffee. ... The man said, "If anyone else would like to try to steal a piece of bread, go ahead." ... My little brother, only nine years old, was shot and killed for stealing a little piece of bread. ...

• Word Count: 1733
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Daisy is immediately separated from her mother, an absence, a void that continues to plague her. ... When Grandma Flett thinks of her scattered family, her children, her grandchildren, her grandniece, she is unable to form images in her mind of their separate and particular faces. She has almost forgotten the small primal piece of herself that came unshaped into the world, innocent of the least thought, on whose surface, in fact, no thought had ever shone. ...

• Word Count: 1810
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School