48th Anniversary Easy Reader Story Contest – honorable mention, The Newcomer
Honorable Mention – “The Color Run” by Bill Akstens. Redondo Union High, May 2018. Canon 5D4 The Newcomer Honorable mention by Christina Parisi This was the worst summer of Lizzy’s life, all 10 years of it. After her parents exclaimed they’d be moving away from her beloved hometown in upstate New York to some stupid home in Redondo Beach, California, Lizzy’s entire world came crashing down. Over a month in the new city and the dark haired 10-year‐old hadn’t made any friends. All her neighbors knew one another already and the day camp she was forced to attend by her mother bored her. Lizzy snuck out as soon as the counselor, Shyla, took out her phone. Bombs could go off and Shyla wouldn’t know it when she was on that thing. Lizzy learned if she kept her adventures short, she could make it back before Shyla would notice. One of Lizzy’s favorite things to do was to walk real fast on the street concrete, jumping over the cracks. She could be rather superstitious for a girl her age. In fact, she had to look up what superstitious meant after so many people called her that. But when she read the definition, Lizzy realized it was more about the comfort of the ritual rather than any…
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