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Teen Ink Magazine, November 2007 : Nonfiction Articles

Changing Leaves by Lalita R., Winchester, NH It was the ideal relationship, or at least that was what everyone thought, including me. It was the kind that other people looked at and sighed. I thought that you and I were perfect for each other; you were the one I had been searching for. Continue...	Dark Waters by Ashley B., Littleton, CO Thanksgiving night was the same as always. We had driven the three hours into a color palette of trees and mountains to reach our family getaway: a log cabin built at the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range that overlooks a stream and 35 acres of land. Continue...
Dirt by Melisa F., Fukuoka, Japan There’s the baby next door who cries all through the night, there are the kids who play soccer in the street every afternoon, there’s the dog that barks relentlessly for no reason whatsoever, and there’s the couple across the street who own the ... Continue...	Friday Night Mass by Elizabeth D., Bedford, NH My first trip on a train by myself was to New York City. I don’t understand why my parents let me go. Continue...
Hair of the Damned by Maia S., Palo Alto, CA I have always hated hairstylists. This hatred seems to have stemmed from what is stemming from my scalp. I have the weirdest hair imaginable. Half of it is the kind that should, ordinarily, curl nicely onto the shoulders and frame the face. The other half is its demise. Continue...	Lia, My Sister by Katie W., Richland, WA My calendar at home tells the story of my life and everything that happens in it. Important dates, deadlines, and birthdays are scrawled across the months. Black X’s indicate days off from school. Continue...
Ode to the Funeral by Anna Z., Denver, CO After so many deaths, each one became less murderous on his heart than the last; the sorrow expressed on the widow’s, widower’s, son’s, daughter’s, grandchild’s, best friend’s face, and the muted tediousness ... Continue...	RESPECT by Richard C., Defiance, OH It’s time for a change, I thought to myself in my 8-by-10 cell behind those cold steel doors in that soundless detention center on a hot summer day. I don’t belong here. This place is for fools who get caught. But I was missing the big picture. Continue...
Unique New York by Meg B., New York, NY I am mankind shoving, God’s id, An endless murmur. My six-train soul, My Spring Street heart, Skyscraper shoulders freckled with suits, Stressing and bustling. Continue...

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