Young Readers League\u00a02016\u00a0Writing Contest<\/p>\n
Category 1 (Age 8-11)<\/p>\n
Honorable Mention<\/p>\n
by Jasmine Sov
\n10\u00a0years old (Grade 5)
\nSierra Madre Elementary School<\/p>\n
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Sadilena (Sadie) Rose D\u2019Moonelle had always known she was special. Even as she ate her mutton stew at the orphanage, she knew she was special.<\/p>\n
One day, Sadie laid in her lumpy bed, thinking that she wanted to run away. Away from this horrible orphanage, away from lumpy beds, away from terrible Miss Hardelin. She concentrated and concentrated on leaving the orphanage.<\/p>\n
Just like that, Sadie rose into the air on a bed of roses and moonlight, and she sailed away.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh no, NOT THE TREE, NOT THE TREE, NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!\u201d Sadie\u2019s magical bed of roses and moonlight got shredded to a single rose and a tendril of moonlight, with her hanging on to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoy, I wish I could land someplace safe!\u201d yelled Sadie as she hung on to the rose and moonlight tendrils while the ground was coming closer.\u00a0 The moonlight and rose picked her up and landed her safely in front of many indigo-colored tents.\u00a0 Circus Indigolette, <\/em>they read.<\/p>\n She went up to the old man at the ticket booth in front.<\/p>\n \u201cTicket, please.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m afraid I don\u2019t have a ticket.\u201d said Sadie.<\/p>\n Just then, a boy around her age in a navy blazer came to the ticket booth. He handed the ticket master a bottle of orange pop. The ticket master inspected it.<\/p>\n \u201cHour ticket. Have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat wasn\u2019t a ticket, that was orange pop!\u201d Sadie protested.<\/p>\n \u201cI know a ticket when I see it, young lady. Hey, what\u2019s that in your hand?\u201d<\/p>\n Sadie held out the moonlight-swirled rose. It was red and white, now that it had absorbed moonlight.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, what\u2019s this? My, where\u2019d you get this? You\u2019re to go to Ms. Indigolette at once, do hurry.\u201d<\/p>\n Sadie entered Circus Indigolette and later became known as the Lady Of The Moon.<\/p>\n Contest info:<\/p>\n Tell us something about a new character joining a magical circus. What is their special ability? How did they come to join the circus?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Special thanks to our judges: \u00a0Allison Hill (Vromans), Nick Smith (Pasadena Library), Shauna Redmond\u00a0(Pasadena Library), Tiffany Duenas (Pasadena Library), Jean Penn (Pasadena Library)<\/p>\n Sponsored by the\u00a0Friends of the Pasadena Public Library<\/p>\n
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