Where Am I? Sitka Story Lab Student Anthology
The Island Institute's Sitka Story Lab program released this new book of Southeast Alaskan student writing in May 2016. Called Where Am I?: Stories of Strange Landscapes, Wrong Turns, and New Worlds, the anthology features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and zany creative experiments that convey the disorientation and the discovery that young people experience, from being in the wilderness to simply growing up. The young writers come from Sitka, Hoonah, Haines, Wrangell, and Skagway, and are as young as nine years old and as old as eighteen. "The writing ranges from fantastic and playful to emotionally moving and dark," said Story Lab Coordinator Sarah Swong. "I'm impressed at how creative and varied these writings are, and at how open students were to feedback and improving their work." The project offered students the chance to write a piece for publication and to hone their writing with an editor.
The Island Institute's Sitka Story Lab program released this new book of Southeast Alaskan student writing in May 2016.
Called Where Am I?: Stories of Strange Landscapes, Wrong Turns, and New Worlds, the anthology features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and zany creative experiments that convey the disorientation and the discovery that young people experience, from being in the wilderness to simply growing up. The young writers come from Sitka, Hoonah, Haines, Wrangell, and Skagway, and are as young as nine years old and as old as eighteen.
"The writing ranges from fantastic and playful to emotionally moving and dark," said Story Lab Coordinator Sarah Swong. "I'm impressed at how creative and varied these writings are, and at how open students were to feedback and improving their work."
The project offered students the chance to write a piece for publication and to hone their writing with an editor.
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THIS I BELIEVE<br />
Haley<br />
It was Saturday morning. I was eight years old and it was my first<br />
time babysitting my five-year-old cousin. When it was time for<br />
her bath, I told her to stay in the bathroom for just a few minutes.<br />
Someone was knocking on the door, so I had to answer it. After<br />
that I realized that I had left the stove on, so I turned it off. Then<br />
somebody called my phone so I answered it. I was talking for<br />
at least five minutes. All together it took around ten minutes to<br />
answer the door, turn off the stove, and answer the phone. When<br />
I was done, I went back to the bathroom to check up on my little<br />
cousin.<br />
The door was locked. I told her to open the door, and when she<br />
did the whole place was a mess. There were sponges in the sink and<br />
bath toys thrown in the toilet. And the water was still running!<br />
While I was cleaning up the mess, my little cousin climbed up on<br />
the counter and started to dance since I was playing music.<br />
After all that, I gave her a bath. When we were done, I tried to<br />
change her into a dress, but since she doesn’t like to wear dresses<br />
she started to run up and down the hallway with no clothes on. She<br />
kept on bumping into the walls. Eventually I caught her, after 10<br />
minutes, and put her clothes on.<br />
Then, my mom called my phone and asked how I was doing. I told<br />
her everything that had happened.<br />
I thought that babysitting would be super easy. Now I know that I<br />
need to be more responsible so it’ll be easier on me and the kids.<br />
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