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The Scribbler MRMS literary magazine Thank you to all those who submitted work for the publication of the 2014-2015 literary magazine. A special thanks to the following students who planned, typed, proofread, illustrated, and made it all happen: Megan Amero Louise Bassom Charlotte Bernhardt Emily Caccivio Lily Connors Tess Contois Ben Cooke Kate Flynn Adelaide Gordon Scott Janes Julia Jefferson Aniela Jordan Audrey Kiarsis Maria Lee Erica Luo Lilu Shaughnessy Julia Willett Yue Yan Zhang Ms. Lydia Austin & Ms. Marcie Sidlowski, Advisors The Scribbler 2015 How do you read? Stories Enjoyed one story? The Tales of Rinn- a Read this Find a similar one continuing story perfect here! Browse through for mystery and adventure Published books for our categories and lovers! you! -- Family and Friendship pick one! This is just City in the Sky- A post- a sampling of what’s apocalyptic dystopia inside . starring a hero determined Little Women by Louisa to reveal the truth about May Alcott— his world. recommended by Ms. Sidlowsky The Snobby Noodle Man Poems Fish in a Tree by Lynda Two Chinese Ancient Mullaly Hunt— Poems- a poem Memoirs recommended by double-double feature, Megan Amero in English and Two Hundredths of a Mandarin! Second- A memoir about swim competition Faubus & Lockton— rivalries. Adventure, A poem written from Tower of Terror- A Mystery and two points of view using story about facing your Dystopia characters from the fears and trying new novel Chains. things. Runner by Carl Deuker— recommended by Ms. The Clumsy Dancer Dumplings and Austin —A poem about finding Biscuits- A memoir Down the Rabbit Hole by your own grace. about discovering Peter Abrahams— uniqueness and what it recommended by Addy Artworks really means. Gordon See if you can find . The Look that The Scandalous Grown-ups Give You- Sisterhood of • Two mermaids • A man contemplating A memoir about finding Prickwillow Place by cheese your voice, and the Julie Berry— • A moonwalk bravery to use it. TABLE OF CONTENTS That Look That Grown Ups Give You by Megan Amero page 7 Artwork by Sean Li page 10 Snobby Noodle Man by Kate Flynn page 12 Artwork by Matt Parr page 12 The Clumsy Dancer by Margaret Brown page 13 Reality by Anonymous page 14 Anne Frank by Katie Everett page 15 Artwork by Hope Jensen page 15 Panic by Susana Martinez page 16 Faubus & Lockton by Will Glovsky & Eli Leonard page 16 Snow Day by Addy Gordon page 19 Artwork by Yue Yan Zhang page 19 No Need to Worry by Bianca Pizzano page 20 Think for You Translation and Artwork by Yue Yan Zhang page 21 Nostalgia Night Thought Translation and Artwork by Yue Yan Zhang page 23 Hesitation by Nathan Reed page 24 Thirty-Thousand Feet by Ayse Joy Shelton page 25 Artwork by Lilu Shaughnessy page 25 Sloth by Jenna Conley page 26 Artwork by Mackenzie Wallis page 26 Tower of Terror by Kaitlyn Fucillo page 27 Artwork by Yue Yan Zhang page 30 Unwavering by Miranda Boyd & Vika Kessler page 31 A Boring Adventure by Connor Ryan & Louis Preston page 32 Artwork by Ben Harris page 32 Mirror Story by Erica Luo page 33 Artwork by Ryanne Kim page 37 I Become the Noises in My Head by Charlotte Penn page 38 Endurance by Helen Peppler & Lily Connors page 39 Waking Up by Kate Riccio page 40 Artwork by Lilu Shaughnessy page 44 Dumplings and Biscuits by Addy Gordon page 45 Artwork by Amanda Full page 48 Artwork by Alistair Ong page 49 Two Hundredths of a Second by Erica Luo page 50 City in the Sky by Xander Favazza page 55 Surly by Bennett Nostrand and Charlotte Penn page 59 Look at Him by Will Glovsky page 60 The Notebook by Ella Stock page 61 Journal Entry by an Eyewitness by Emily Caccivio & Tess Contois page 62 Artwork by Evie Hogan page 64 Artwork by Ryan Laverty page 65 Artwork by Stephen DiMarco page 66 Artwork by Abby MacDonald page 67 Procrastination by Mark Roselli page 68 Artwork by Emily Spang page 68 Artwork by Jonathan Purdy page 69 Artwork by Aniela Jordan page 70 Artwork by Tobin Clark-Goldfield page 71 Artwork by Ayse Joy Shelton page 72 Flying Alone by Justin Tremblay page 73 Artwork by Alistair Ong page 75 Sandy Risk by Lainie Sanford page 76 Artwork by Electra Hamilton page 79 Unfortunate Animal Luck by Alessandra Brizuela page 80 Artwork by Padan Coles page 84 The Base Camp by Tim Donnellan-Doser page 85 Artwork by Stephen DiMarco page 85 Rugged Bear Troubles by Ginger Hubbard page 86 Artwork by Andrew Winch page 88 The Tales of Rinn by Ben Cooke page 89 Artwork by George Kessler page 92 Artwork by Yue Yan Zhang inside back cover That Look That Grown Ups Give You Megan Amero ✯ ✯ ✯ I walked into the lunchroom. It was I can speak for myself, I had thought. The counter lady’s eyes had just slid right over packed full of kids wearing snow pants and me. heavy ski boots. The kids sat at ugly, painted “Megan Amero,” my mom replied. blue and green wooden tables, and ski “She and her sister can’t eat gluten. That memorabilia covered the walls. There were means nothing with wheat, barley or rye in trail maps, old skis and poles, and banners for it,” she added. the lesson groups covered the wall space that “Got it,” the counter lady said. was left. In a corner was an old TV that only She scribbled “Gluten Allergy,” on my played VHS tapes of Disney movies like button in blue marker, then handed it to me “Homeward Bound.” I was at ski school. I to wear. scoured the room for a glimpse of my sister or ———- my friends. I had brought a lunch, so I went The lunch lady pointed to my button and asked one of the lunch ladies, a short old again as I tried to wander off and sit with my woman wearing a white knit sweater and friends. I felt a hand on my shoulder. What baggy jeans, where it was. Her whitish-gray was wrong? I hadn’t done anything. hair was styled in curls cut close to her head, “You can’t sit over there, sweetie,” the and she wore the white Skechers sneakers lunch lady said to me, with that smile that that every person older than seventy five adults use when they think that they know seems to own. In fact, all of the other lunch everything. ladies were dressed like this—an army bearing “What?” I said. “All I want to do is serving spoons as their weapons. When she sit with my friends!” came back, she handed me the lunch box, and “You have an allergy, so you have to paused for a second, looking at my button. sit at the allergy table,” she said, in a tone that That was weird, I thought. My button was suggested that I didn’t understand anything. just like everyone else’s except for one thing, “All allergies sit at the allergy table,” she hastily scribbled letters that said, “Gluten pointed to my little sister, who had wandered Allergy.” over to me to grab her lunch. “And her too. Earlier, when my mom was registering Your tags say ‘Gluten Allergy,’” and with that, us, they gave us each a little button pin to she pushed us toward the table next to the wear with our name on it. “What’s her name?” trash can, where no one would ever sit under the lady at the counter asked my mom. normal circumstances. $7 “But our allergy is different . ” I This was the year that I had to get tried to say. my tetanus shot. All of the older kids in my “Just sit here,” she said for the final grade had told me that it hurt a lot more than time, rushing away from my sister and I a regular shot, and I already had a fear of before I could explain the situation. My face needles. I tugged on my mom’s sleeve. was burning with confusion and anger as I sat “Mom!” I whispered anxiously. “Is down at the ugly green table. She didn’t it going to hurt?” She sighed, and looked away understand our allergy at all! I could have from her phone. explained, if only she would let me! “No, Megan,” she replied, “I “Why does she think she can push already told you ten times today.” At this us around?” I mumbled under my breath. point I knew I was really bugging her, so I The thing about my allergy is, decided to stop my questioning. A nurse because I’m allergic to what makes up flour, walked into the room. my allergy is everywhere, in every food, so it “Megan and Sydney?” she called. makes no difference where I sit, because I’m My sister and I shared the appointment, since surrounded anyway. Sure enough, kids at the we had close birthdays. We walked into the allergy table were eating macaroni and cheese room, and the nurse sat down with a made from wheat flour. It made me so mad clipboard, looking at our records. The nurse when I was treated like I didn’t understand! was maybe in her early thirties, and wore pink I remembered another time when scrubs with smiling teddy bears on them. Was something like this happened to me a few that supposed to make us feel better? I thought. years ago. It was my nine-year old physical in She had a medical ID clipped to her spotless early October.