Great Things Happen When You Try: Our Stories in Six Words

Songbird by the Window

Peeling the Onion: An Anthology of Poems (A Charlotte Zolotow Book)

A Smile

Idle Thoughts in Idle Hours

The Only Day Girl (Fun in the Fourth)

Little House Who Didn't Lose Hope

When the Stars Lead Home

I Wish You Could Hear the Song I'm Listening to As I Write This... explores the classic tale of adolescent rebellion but it is more complex. How do young people deal with the apparent universal desire for attention and fame? Social media today has made the fulfillment of this desire accessible to more people. But this work explores this issue very personally and deeply. When the young narrator asks her grandmother why is everyone in their family so eager to perform as a musician, the grandmother challenges her by stating, "Who in this world doesn't want to be famous? Who would shy away from attention, notoriety? Who would want to hide their talent?" The narrator- a talented singer who prefers to sing only for her own enjoyment-decides she would. Her confrontation with what is expected of her and her own struggle to understand why and how she is different is the hub of this novella.

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Great Things Happen When You Try: Our Stories in Six Words

SkyView Academy, 2023

Songbird by the Window

Elizabeth Woods, 2004

Peeling the Onion: An Anthology of Poems (A Charlotte Zolotow Book)

Ruth Gordon, 1993

A Smile

Isaiah L Allen, 2023

Idle Thoughts in Idle Hours

M.E. Smith, M E Smith, 2016

The Only Day Girl (Fun in the Fourth)

Dorothea Moore, 1923

Little House Who Didn't Lose Hope

Nita Brady, 2016

When the Stars Lead Home

Laura Weigel Douglas, 2017