Books with author Kim Michelle. Toft

“Captures with unusually knowing and respectful perception the steps of a friend shift.” —BCCB (starred review) Two life-long best friends grow up and begin to grow apart in this honest, deeply felt middle grade debut.Sara and Nadine. Nadine and Sara. It’s only ever been the two of them. Two halves of the same person. Best friends forever—until they aren’t. Everything has changed this year. Nadine has suddenly skipped a grade and gone to high school without Sara. No matter how hard she fights to save their friendship, Sara can feel it slipping away. But change can happen from the inside, too. The forever-friend days of running through sprinklers and slurping up ice cream cones may be over. Yet in their place, Sara just might discover something new and wonderful: herself.

Two life-long best friends grow up and begin to grow apart in this honest, deeply felt middle grade debut.Sara and Nadine. Nadine and Sara. It’s only ever been the two of them. Two halves of the same person. Best friends forever—until they aren’t. Everything has changed this year. Nadine has suddenly skipped a grade and gone to high school without Sara. No matter how hard she fights to save their friendship, Sara can feel it slipping away. But change can happen from the inside, too. The forever-friend days of running through sprinklers and slurping up ice cream cones may be over. Yet in their place, Sara just might discover something new and wonderful: herself.

Words Unspoken is the first edition of a literary magazine created by eighth grade students at High Tech Middle Chula Vista. While studying literal forces that move objects in science (friction, gravity, pressure, etc.), students studied the metaphorical forces that drive stories in Humanities (love, loss, determination, etc.). We hope you find our stories to be inspiring, creative, and relatable and that you take a moment to consider the forces that move you.

“Captures with unusually knowing and respectful perception the steps of a friend shift.” —BCCB (starred review) Two life-long best friends grow up and begin to grow apart in this honest, deeply felt middle grade debut.Sara and Nadine. Nadine and Sara. It’s only ever been the two of them. Two halves of the same person. Best friends forever—until they aren’t. Everything has changed this year. Nadine has suddenly skipped a grade and gone to high school without Sara. No matter how hard she fights to save their friendship, Sara can feel it slipping away. But change can happen from the inside, too. The forever-friend days of running through sprinklers and slurping up ice cream cones may be over. Yet in their place, Sara just might discover something new and wonderful: herself.

Goose is the smallest dinosaur in his herd. Teased and bullied because of his size, he wishes he could be a normal height. When Goose and his best friend Duck unknowingly come across a magic mushroom in the woods with the power to make him taller, will he take a bite? And if he does, will he realize that being tall isn't everything he thought it would be?