This is volume 27 in 826 Quarterly .

This book has been graded for interest at 6+ years.

There are 216 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2018 by 826 Valencia .

826 Valencia, based in San Francisco, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. Kiley McLaughlin is a poet and educator living in the Bay Area. She is the author of three chapbooks of poetry, and holds degrees from Harvard and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She's had the privilege to work as a Programs Coordinator serving the students of 826 Valencia for three years, and is now moving on to pursue a doctorate at UC Santa Cruz, where she'll be studying the literature of diaspora communities. Kristen Solecki is an artist and illustrator based in Charleston, South Carolina. Since earning her degree in illustration from Philadelphia's University of the Arts, Solecki has worked with a variety of clients to create editorial illustrations, book cover art and illustrations, marketing materials, paintings, and other projects. When she's not doing client work, Solecki exhibits her art in galleries around the country, teaches workshops, and curates exhibitions. She is always on the lookout for out-of-the-box projects that use illustration in new and unique ways. 826 Valencia, based in San Francisco, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting under-resourced students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. Kat Evasco is a writer, stand-up comedian, and performance artist living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Evasco is best known for her touring autobiographical one-woman show, Mommy Queerest, co-written and directed by John Caldon. Evasco currently serves as the Chief Dream Director at The Future Project and as the Artistic Director of Guerrilla Rep. Evasco is a recipient of the Creative Capacity Fund Quick Grant, NextGen Art Professional Development Grant, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation Grant. She holds a BA in Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University. Alice Malia is an illustrator and theatre set-designer originally from the UK, now living in San Francisco with her husband and toddler. She love living close to the sea, drawing and painting and hoping.