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O For a Star: A Lord of the Rings Poem
BY MARY-FAUSTINA And now it is my foe who cries, staggering back, a cowering mass before this tiny phial of glass!
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Bart the Bard
BY EMERALD “Your only chance is to infiltrate Marvin’s stronghold and get the sword back.”
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The Cave: Plato’s Fable and Christian Salvation
BY CAROLYN MANION For Plato, the cave is the material world, beguiling man to trust the fleeting images he apprehends with his senses.
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Book Review: Unraveling by Sara Ella
BY EMILY KOPF I loved the first book very much because of all the symbolism and allegory teaching about Real love.
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Book Review: The Unwanteds
BY SHANE HASTINGS Alex is one of the Unwanteds, sentenced to be thrown in The Great Lake of Boiling Oil at the dreaded Death Farm.
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Writer’s Magic: Creating Political Plotlines in Your Novel
BY MIRRIAM NEAL The threads that make up any nation or country are political. It’s hard to write a book without them.
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The Marriage of the White Lady: A Lord of the Rings Story
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “You know I would never force you to be my wife, Eowyn. I would rather die than cage your free spirit.”
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Book Review: Toward the Gleam
BY EULALIA HOGERS Toward the Gleam is story of mysteries and secrets with further layers of mystery on top of mysteries.
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LOTR = LOve it, or TRy harder!
BY MARY-FAUSTINA My nine-year-old face twitched with unmitigated disgust. My eyes stretched to perfect circles. “Dad—what are you watching?”
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Interesting and Little-Known Facts about Our Former Presidents
BY MARIE JEANETTE William Taft was the Chief Executive who began the presidential tradition of throwing the first pitch of the baseball season.
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Heart of Oak
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI You are our unity and our continuity. Though some may seek to hide, you are our truest side, Heart of Oak.
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Who Among You Are With Me?: The Story of the Black Robe Regiment
BY LYDIA GRACE RICHARDSON In the years leading up to the Revolutionary War, colonial pastors led a spiritual revival, called the Great Awakening.
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At the Sign of the Blue Boar: A Robin Hood Poem
BY LAWRENCE “MACK” HALL Now let us part the leaves again, and find that merry life, and bold. We’ll roam again as we did then–how came it that we all grew old?
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Observations on Novels and the Reader’s Life – Crispin: The End of Time by Avi
BY MARY-FAUSTINA Who has the nerve to foil the effort an author makes to write a logical narrative by snickering and reading the end of the tale first?
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Pseudo Interviews with the Presidents
BY ROSE DOMINICK In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence.
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Éowyn: A Lord of the Rings Poem
BY MARY-FAUSTINA The daughter of all noble kings, within my soul, a war cry sings; within my veins, Death’s fire flows.
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My Country – Right or Wrong?: The Search for True Patriotism
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI This quest to balance our passions and perceptions should be coupled by a determination to change our respective countries for the better.
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Home: Song of the Water Faerie
BY CLARE-THERESE From water I was born to life; I rose through waves to joy and strife to be a guardian and a guide.
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A Spark of Defiance: A Movie Review of “The Hunger Games”
BY MEREDITH JOY HINKS Amidst all of the pain and killing, this small spark of hope mingled with defiance shines out.