As I headed back up the hill towards home, my heart swelled with pride. ... While I quickly scribbled my name on the clipboard, the delivery man rummaged around in the back of the truck. ... On the weekend however, I baby-sat on Saturday and went to see my grandparents on Sunday. ... I gently combed Sam's hair and with tears in my eyes, I hugged her and placed her back in the box that had been her home so long ago. I hesitantly taped the box and wrapped it in brown paper before carefully picking it up, and taking it out to the garage. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" a girl name Connie she was always so in love with how she looked that her mother didn't like that at all because that was all she cared about was her looks. Her mother would always talk good of her sister June because she didn't really care ab...

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We packed up our stuff that Sunday morning and threw them in the back of my convertible as we drove out to Venice Beach at eight a.m. ... The next couple days following Sunday were some of the hardest days I've ever had to live through. ... I sat quietly in class and all through mass, knowing that each passing second, minute, hour, drew closer and closer to his departure back home. ... When I arrived and threw my things in the back, she simply looked at me with a smirk and said, "You need to figure out where Matt is, we're going to see him.... This woman was full of surprises la...

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• Grade Level: High School

•Robert's Resurrection • After leaving Pamplona completely distraught, Robert came back to an empty apartment in Paris. ... He decided almost at once to go back to the States and to get going on his book. ... Almost immediately Robert began taking long walks in Central Park just to mull things over. ... One Sunday afternoon in early August Robert was sitting in Central Park reading McBride's "The Color of Water." As he leaned on his side to stretch his back, a gorgeous young woman approached him and asked if she could join him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School