{"id":4884,"date":"2018-11-16T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2018-11-13T19:07:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T03:07:11","slug":"syria-to-europe-by-anni-guo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2018\/syria-to-europe-by-anni-guo\/","title":{"rendered":"“Syria to Europe” by Anni Guo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

2nd place<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Category 2 (ages 12-14)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Anni Guo<\/b><\/p>\n

Age 12 (Grade 7), Blair Middle School<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSyria to Europe\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Two young refugees seek a safe haven.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m scared. Where\u2019s Mommy?\u201d Nasir asked. \u201cShh! She\u2019ll be right back.\u201d Fatima, an eleven year old was near Damascus in an abandoned building with her little brother Nasir. Their mother Asrin had left them two days ago and she was still not back, which meant that she was most likely dead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fatima allowed herself a sigh. Now she was the most responsible one, though where could they go? Europe was said to be a safe haven for refugees right now, but how would they get there? Nasir wouldn\u2019t be able to take it. \u200b<\/span>It\u2019s like being trapped between bad and worse.<\/span><\/i>\u200b But they had to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, let\u2019s move.\u201d She stood up and gestured for Nasir to do the same. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat about Mommy?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe, uhh,\u201d \u200b<\/span>oh no, how do I say this? <\/span><\/i>\u200b\u201cShe found another place. Come on, she\u2019s waiting!\u201d Fatima didn\u2019t say how long their mom would be waiting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several days later, close to the border of Lebanon, Nasir collapsed again. \u201cFati, I can\u2019t.\u201d He rolled over on his stomach and closed his eyes. Fatima sat down next to him, her breath ragged and legs burned. They were so close. A little more, and it\u2019d be over.<\/span><\/p>\n

As she was about to close her eyes, she heard a weird sound. When Fatima opened her eyes, she saw it.<\/span><\/p>\n

A rescuer.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The red helicopter flew low, and on it was the symbol of a red cross.<\/span><\/p>\n

This new land was Germany. A family had volunteered to adopt Fatima and Nasir, and they were starting school. The only words Fatima knew was \u2018<\/span>guten tag<\/span><\/i>\u2019 which means \u2018good day\u2019 and <\/span>\u2018danke\u2019<\/span><\/i> for \u2018thanks\u2019. Even so, she\u2019d definitely choose this instead of going back. She knew her mother would like it this way, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Thank you to our judges: McKenna Blackshire, Alaina Joby, Nick Smith<\/p>\n

Click here to view a list of all our contest winners<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest 2nd place Category 2 (ages 12-14)   Anni Guo Age 12 (Grade 7), Blair Middle School \u201cSyria to Europe\u201d   Two young refugees seek a safe haven.   \u201cI\u2019m scared. Where\u2019s Mommy?\u201d Nasir asked. \u201cShh! She\u2019ll be right back.\u201d Fatima, an eleven year old […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,28],"tags":[92,93],"class_list":["post-4884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-writing","tag-contest","tag-young-readers-league"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2018\/11\/image_yrl2018_writingcontest.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-1gM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4850,"url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2018\/young-readers-league-contest-winners\/","url_meta":{"origin":4884,"position":0},"title":"Young Readers League Contest Winners","author":"Jane Gov","date":"November 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019re pleased to announce\u00a0the Young Readers League\u00a02018 Contest winners! 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