Author: A and L Magazine
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The One and Only Ivan (book review)
The One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback, has lived in the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade just off of I-95 for more than 9,500 days…That’s over 25 years! But before that he had a life in the jungle. Thinking about this life is painful and Ivan won’t let himself do so until…
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Epic (movie review)
This movie is a fantastical journey that viewers will thoroughly enjoy watching! When a young woman must journey back to her dad’s house she will embark on a life-altering journey. Mary Katherine (or MK)’s dad is obsessed with tiny leaf people who protect and nurture the forest. But an evil civilization, known as the Boggans,…
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Using Canva to Organize Your Desktop
Oftentimes, our desktops are messy and scattered. As magazine editors it can be super important that things are organized! Using Canva to create an easy to organize and manage desktop is a great way to begin organizing!! Before After *Credits to A House Full of Sunshine for this process. Visit tinyurl.com/4ac5kn7m if you want a…
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (book review)
One Hundred Years of Solitude is a wonderful book, full of a twisting tale about family, bloodlines and the meaning and importance of names. Reading this book really brings to light how names connect every person alive. Mr. García Márquez expresses the meaning behind the names in a beautiful 100 year storyline of the Buendía…
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Raspberry Mint Lemonade
The brilliant red color of this raspberry lemonade will amaze you…and it’s all the raspberry, no food dye or any artificial color. Have fun making this simple delicious, yummy juice! The Story: One day, Leeya and her brother were making lemonade and they looked in the fridge, and saw these mushy, squishy raspberries. They thought…
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The Kingdom of Back (book review)
Marie Lu is a creative and expressive author, whose books always tell depths of story and the Kingdom of Back is no different. Nannerl Mozart is a musical prodigy, who longs to be remembered for her music and greatness, but the growth of her brother’s musical skills are challenging that. A mysterious stranger from a…
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Writing Contest Anthology and Results
Check out the anthology https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jNJHzATmSSHpa1YlyO2WHtzSyIdrwzPro2oNJZgTdZA/edit Watch our Live stream and Adalia’s birthday here: And lastly, don’t forget to check out what out winning contestants have to say about their work here: FIRST PLACE: Lumina Kemp for A Solo Journey SECOND PLACE: Ms. Lany for Daisy THIRD PLACE: Virginia for My Little Brother
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The Fault in Our Stars (book review)
Hazel Grace Lancaster is a cancer survivor. Being so means she can exhibit signs of depression…so her mom sends her to a support group, led by an optimistic social worker in the center of a cross-shaped room in a church. Here she meets Augustus Waters, also a cancer survivor, with a prosthetic leg. Follow the…
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The Library Book (book review)
The mystery surrounding the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library is certainly a conundrum. Fire alarms are common at any library but true fires…not so much. This fire spread far enough to destroy over 400,000 books and damage 700,000 more. Susan Orlean’s book, “The Library Book” explores this mystery as well as the…