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Teen Ink Magazine, November 2001 : Travel Articles

Escape to Freedom
   I walked in the door, and my father asked me to sitbeside him.

"Dad, what's wrong?" I asked, but he didn'tanswer. We sat silently for a while; I knew something wasn't right. Then hespoke, and told me a story I could never forget.
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Hometown
   As I board the plane, I say my final good-bye to thewhite-sand beaches, gentle breezes, and gorgeous palm trees of sunny Miami. I letout a sigh, for Miami's warmth and generosity have touched me.
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La Laverie
   As I remember it, we were all beautiful. I can see thesmoke twisting skyward from Sara's Lucky Strikes, the blue of Tori's t-shirtdominating her egg-white skin.
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Manhattan
Bright-eyed behemoths
Gleaming in the morningsun
Beaming beacons across
The blue expanse around them

Wondrousbeasts of stone, cable, and steel
Standing tall,
Spanning the shimmeringblueness with
Their massive, ancient legs

Glistening ...
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Shofar
   Tekiah! The call of the Shofar goes out, summoning Jewsto gather and celebrate the New Year.
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The Bon Jovi Obsession
   Last April I went to Spain for two weeks on a schooltrip. It was my first time to a foreign country and I was nervous andexcited.
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To Live on the Border
Living on the border means changes
Gringa, theyshout
Chorizo at McDonald's
Spanish signs before English
Driving throughthe border check
Spanish-language schools in America

Living on theborder means discrimination
No one knows how it ...
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