Posts by Pandemic Story

By Emilio, Age 9 I connect to the book The Good Egg because in this book, the egg always wants to be perfect and puts too much pressure on himself so he starts to crack. I feel seen because I also always put pressure on myself. For example, I always get mad when I don’t…

By Shalin, Age 9 I connect to the book The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi because in the book her name kept on getting mispronounced and in real life my name usually gets mispronounced by teachers, adults, and sometimes even my friends. I sometimes feel like there’s at least 3 of my teachers that mispronounce…

By Anika, Age 10A book that makes me feel finally seen is the fantasy book, Aru Shah and the End of Time, written by Roshani Chokshi, because the book is about an Indian girl who goes to a private school but doesn’t fit in. I connect to this because I am of Indian heritage and…

By Colette, Age 10 In books most girls are portrayed as fancy, delicate, shy, and quiet but unlike those books I am assertive, passionate, competitive, and ambitious. I never saw books that really represented me. Then I read Hillary Rodham Clinton, Some Girls Are Born to Lead by Michelle Markel, and I finally felt like there…

By Lucy, Age 9 In most of the books I read I didn’t feel seen. But when I read, Was It the Chocolate Pudding? by Sandra Levins, I felt finally seen. It talked about kids with divorced parents. I felt truly connected to the kids in the story. In the story, the kids acted out…

By Lakin, Age 12 In a lot of books I’ve read, the main character was nothing like me. Different experiences, different mindset, different struggles. But when I read Real Friends, I felt like the main character, Shannon, was just like me. She struggled with many of the same anxieties I did, and had lots of…

By Kimberly, Age 11 Front Desk is a book that I connected to. The main character is Mia, and she moves from China to America with her mom and dad. I also moved from Orlando to Summit with my family. Like Mia, I felt sad and nervous to move. I had to leave my old…

By Yari, Age 10 The book that made me feel finally seen is, Room to Dream by, Kelly Yang. Room to Dream made me feel finally seen because it gave me the courage to tell people about my day. I immigrated here when I was young too, and I could not talk to people either…

By Gianna, Age 11 The character I relate to is Tilly Pages from BookWanderers by Anna James. The reason I relate to Tilly is because we both share the same love of reading. We both love going on fun and exciting adventures. We also relate because we love to be with our families. We are…

By Emilie, Age 10 When I was in second grade, there were two girls in my class who were best friends. One of the girls, Carrie, acted as if she “owned” her friend Shannon. Shannon was nice to me, but seemed afraid to stand up to Carrie. Carrie was unpredictable. On bad days, she would…