The Strawberry Blonde

Ellington Schwartz is a five year old girl residing in Severna Park, Maryland. She has short blonde hair, fair skin and a joyful smile always plastered on her face. Her family includes her Mom, Dad, 9 year old brother Maximus and her 6 year old sister, London. Ellington's mom and Dad both work in the design industry. Working from home is her Mom, all the time, while her father works on strategic design in Baltimore, and he as well works from home, on occasion. Ellington likes music, dancing, using

All that Glitters, by Holly Smale is novel that is part of a series that goes by the name Geek Girl. In this series, readers follow the dramatic life of British geek and model Harriet Manners. For most of her life, Harriet has been fascinated with mindless facts about everything. So, if a topic comes up in conversation, she could tell you multiple things about that one item. Because of her love of facts, Harriet has been label as geek by her arch nemesis Alexa, the popular girls in school. However

INTRODUCTION I wish I could tell you that Vitya Anderson and I fell in love and never looked back. I wish I could tell you that I wake up to her every morning with my face buried in her strawberry hair. I wish I could tell you I spent the rest of my life staring at the New Jersey girl who looked as beautiful as California. I wish I could tell you we had children together, running around our backyard with their scabby knees and lemonade hands. I wish I could tell you we took a yearly vacation to

In the novel The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, metafiction is used to further the story. O'Brien used the metafictional devices of irony, and nonlinear sequencing of events in order to push his story and properly represent the experience of war. Each metafictional device is used in order to advance the meaning of the story and let the reader truly understand the emotions and experience of being at war. Whether or not the story is perfectly true is not important, for O'Brien is telling the story

Pearls draped around her shoulders and her neck, a large hooped skirt twice her size, and a pleated lace ruff--all these were part of the attire of Queen Elizabeth I and the trend-setting style of her era. The Queen often seemed to glow and radiate power and beauty with this revolutionary garb. For the Elizabethans, this was a desirable look that had to be mimicked. People of this time wore corsets, ruffs, and followed the stylistic lead of their Queen. Her extravagant dress made her an icon of the

“I think I’m gonna check,” Jacob gently placed his cards back onto the table. Emma lifted the corner of her hand. “I raise thirteen.” The last card was placed onto the table. Last chance to bet. “Twenty-six,” Jacob gazed through his eyelashes, raising the bet once again. Groaning, Emma threw her cards onto the pile of chips in the middle of the table. “Fold!” “And you would be right to!” Jacob laughed as he slapped a pair of aces down in front of him and collecting his chips. “Oh my God! You always

that I’ve made. As I gathered my things and made my way to the front door navigating my way through a field of passed out sailors, beer bottles and random women, I feel a soft hand grab my arm. I turn around to see a beautiful young lady with strawberry blonde hair perched up in a bun high on top her head, wearing what looks to

As a child, the ocean charmed me. After glancing at the never ending shore line’s going from coast to coast as far as the eye can see, I felt like a grain of sand on the beach. I never thought I could see anything else as immense and alluring. As I relaxed on a lawn chair soaking up the rays of sunshine in Alabama, my friends froze in Iowa from the early stages of spring still bitter from the past winter. During my family vacation in Alabama many memories were cemented into my mind as I soaked up

I had always done the right thing. I never spoke back, snuck out, or even lied to my parents. I was a good child. I felt like I had to be with my older sister causing trouble wherever she went. So I did what I was told...Until I met Kat. It was 3 in the morning and everyone was asleep, except Julia of course. That night, I dreamt of the day ahead. It was the type of dream that made you feel like you were watching it from a distance, not living in it. Mom brought out a cake frosted with green

Bill Bowerman once said, "The real purpose of running isn 't to win a race, it 's to test the limits of the human heart." That was the quote that was running through my mind as I kept in pace with my best friend Tyler, the sounds of our jogging almost rhythmic. The cool afternoon air cleared my busy mind, and as we rounded the corner of the park 's running trail, out stopping place near the duck pond came to view. Beside me, I heard a sharp intake of breath come from Tyler, signaling that he too