My name is Jedakiah Balfour, but some people call me Jed for short. I’m nineteen years old and a proud citizen of the Twin Republic. Well, I’m supposed to be proud since I live here, right? I am, but ...

Natural disasters strike without warning, leaving communities scrambling to pick up the pieces. While emergency responders rush to the scene with life-saving equipment, disaster relief programs depend ...

I had absolutely no idea where the others were, but in that moment my own safety was all that I cared about. I wanted to get as far away as possible from the sea monster that lurked beneath. My ...

The time we spent huddled together in the trolley seemed like forever. Most of the ride was spent in complete silence. The only sound was that of the trolley’s spinning wheels and the neighing of the ...

I marched up to them with the gun already pointed. When I was close enough to get a good shot, I fired two, and luckily, I hit both of them. I hit one in the head and the other in the chest. The one I ...

I closed my eyes. The sight of Octavia’s head being detached from her body with a blade was not something that I wanted to see. But I heard everything, and the sounds that I heard were gruesome, to ...

Into The Lion’s Den Octavia and I spent the rest of the night in the safety of the cave. There was nothing to be heard but the relaxing tip-tap of dripping water, which made sleeping effortless. The ...

The howls eventually stopped, but they were quickly replaced by screams, wails, roars, and screeches. The forest itself seemed to have been reacting to the sudden raucous. The trees were shaking more ...

Frantic screams could be heard coming from the gated city along with loud and heavy galloping. The young lagahoos had arrived. Rhea, Octavia, and I were no longer in the city, however. We had run out ...

Octavia and I spent the rest of the night in the safety of the cave. There was nothing to be heard but the relaxing tip-tap of dripping water, which made sleeping effortless. The cave floor was way ...

I was hungry, thirsty, worn out, and in pain, but my adrenaline kicked into overdrive as I soldiered on through the forest with Octavia, who was still unresponsive. However, eventually I grew slow and ...

“I would love to help allyuh, but I know for a fact that inviting new people into Loreville is suicide, not just for me but for all of allyuh,” Boa said. “We’re humans just like everyone else in ...