The full moon is surrounded by glowing white stars that are ten times the size of stars Brian ever sees at home. ... r two large, pink, glowing clouds that are attached to the side of the mountain. ... It feels like one could easily walk off the mountain and onto the clouds, just like Brian had imagined doing while riding in an airplane. Kate and Julie go off to see if it really is possible to walk on those inviting clouds, but with no success they return. ... It's been two hours since the sunset; it's ten o"clock now. ...

• Word Count: 1048
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Two weeks before prom was one of the most stressful times in my life. I was working two jobs and preparing for finals and could barely make time to pick out my boyfriends tuxedo. ... After spending two hour in the salon I had to go get the last minute accessories. ... We walked into the ballroom where we saw stars and moons everywhere. ... My date didn't dance so I walked around and made other guys dance with me. ...

• Word Count: 745
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

At that particular moment in time, he began to walk slowly towards her across the hall, step by step, closer and closer, admiring her astounding beauty at the same time. ... Nash continues his journey to the moon but unfortunately his trip was again aborted when his dream chick was sitting next to another guy. ... "Nash, what's with da gloomy face, did the chick dump you after two seconds?" ... She sat two seats away from Nash, on her own while she wept in silence. ...

• Word Count: 513
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Working out is not just something I do once in a blue moon - it's a lifestyle that becomes attached to me. ... When I walk into my gym I feel like it's where I need to be. ... Now there are just two reps to go, I bust out the first one like it was a bomb that just exploded throughout my body. ... I then start to think even though my body says it's done I know my mind decides when I'm done so I up the ante and begin set two. ...

• Word Count: 784
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

As he prepares to leave for service and being married two days prior. ... And he was giving it back, as everything must be given back, so that, passing through death, it can live forever, I saw my mother's face again, and felt for the first time, how the stones of the road she had walked on must have bruised her feet. I saw the moon-lit road where my father's brother died. ... In an essence it is a story of two tales where both find salvation, one through music the Narrators through acceptance and understanding of his past....

• Word Count: 1177
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School