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by Allison, Grade 10   Wonder Woman, the Unstoppable Amazonian Woman Warrior This review is for the DC fans who love superhero movies. “Wonder Woman” (released in June 2017) is one of the DC movies you have to watch. Like most of the recent DC movies, the first movies within their series seem to end…

by Manan, Grade 9   In my recent attendance of "The Laramie Project," I viewed the thought-provoking theatrical production on March 7th 2024. As an audience member attending "The Laramie Project," I had a mixed experience with the production. My expectations were moderately high, given the gravity of the subject matter. However, the performance had…

By Neha, Grade 9 A very popular way of marketing books and boosting new authors into the mainstream audience is through the method of book lists. The term “book list” is very broad, but essentially, a book list is usually a selection of a few books that share a common positive trait. These lists are…

By Neha, Grade 9 One of the biggest threats concerning today’s world is our environment. As humans, we have had a long history of destroying nature, and we are currently in a race against time to reverse the effects of climate change that have been building up over the years. There are many people leading…

By Neha, Grade 9 In the digital age we all live in today, we can see that many mediums of art are being turned digital such as drawings, photography and videography, journalism, music, and even writing. In more recent years, a plethora of digital reading tools have been introduced to the market, like Kindles and…

By Manan, Grade 9 Haiku is a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world. The majestic sun Enduring, relentless heat  Is the cause of life   Limerick is a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba…

by Neha, Grade 9 Fantasy is one of my favorite genres ever, and one of the reasons for that is the exceptionally strong world building that fantasy authors excel at. Fantasy worlds often take great amounts of detail to portray, because they’re purposefully unrealistic and the audience often needs more careful explanation to be able…

By Neha, Grade 9 Reflecting upon my middle school years, I’ve noticed a dramatic shift in my reading taste from then until I started freshman year. When I was younger, in my pre-teen years, I would almost always reach for fantasy and science fiction novels over choosing any sort of realistic fiction or memoir. These…

Movies that are better than the books by Neha, Grade 9 A pattern I often notice is that I tend to enjoy books more than their movie adaptations. Maybe it’s due to the fact that I usually read before watching, or maybe I feel like movies ruin the magic of novels, but almost every time I…