Durham Book Club: DBCwrites

Welcome to another installment of A Very Squirrely stories by Caroline and Kathryn!    A Very Squirrely Wedding By Caroline M and Kathryn W Prologue About a month after our camping trip, Storm and India announced their engagement and that they were getting married in 2 months. And now their wedding day is only a few days away.  Chapter 1 : Invitations Storm, India, Lumi, Lumin, and I (Lumi and Lumin are twins) were all working on invitations for the wedding in the squirrel house (which we had turned into a studio). “So. Many. Invitations.” Said India. “You got that right.” The twins said in sync. “I know there’s a lot of invitations, but we’re nearly done,” Storm said. After a few more minutes we finished all the invitations. “Yay, we did it!” Squealed India. Ok, I said, Moving on we have decorations to prepare. “But first a snack break,” said Storm, and we all laughed. We had been so busy lately preparing for the wedding, that time seemed to whiz by. After a long while o...

Welcome to another  installment of A Very Squirrely stories by Kathryn and one of our Student Leaders, Caroline!     A Very Squirrely Camping Trip By Caroline M and Kathryn W  Prologue About 8 years after the first adventure, me and the squirrels are still hanging out, exploring, and pranking my brother; and now we want to go on another big adventure. And that is just how this story starts.  Chapter 1 : Camping! I was hanging out with Storm, India, and Ares. We were all bored, there just wasn’t much to do.  “Do you want to prank people?”Said Ares.  “Nah”, we all said.  “Find cool new trinkets?”, asked India. “Maybe,” we all said.  “What if we go camping?”, asked Storm.  “Yes!” We all said.  I know the perfect spot. I just have to tell my parents, I said. So I scurried home, changed back into a human, and told my parents. They said yes and gave me a little backpack, a small tent, and a GPS tag so they could find me. Then, I went...

We LOVE to publish the work of Durham middle school students, and we're so excited to share the latest story from Caroline. Enjoy!  A Very Squirrely Birthday By Caroline M Chapter 1 : A Birthday Morning Hi, my name is Caroline and today is my eleventh birthday.    I woke up to see 3 presents on the floor. Excited, I quickly scrambled out of bed to open the presents on the floor. The smallest present was a purse with a leather strap. In the next box was some squirrel feed. I quickly ripped open the biggest present, and inside it was a squirrel hoodie that seemed to have a soft glow to it. I hurried to put it on and raced to the mirror to see how I looked, only to realize I was a squirrel!   Chapter 2 : Oh Nuts! Wait what, I'm a squirrel!? (and also yay maybe I can talk to the squirrels!) I realized that my brother was probably up and he could help me. So I darted out of my room to find my brother. I found my brother watching TV in his room but, when I opened my m...

Thank you for following us and we hope you have enjoyed these installments of .... The Dragon by Jasleen! Chapter 11:  The Friend   I don't know why, but I can't shake the feeling that I am being watched. I am going to find out why!    I sat in the clearing and started to eat some berries. I heard a rustle in the bushes. “Freeze,” I said, shooting an ice blast from my crystal. I walked over to the bushes and looked in them. “Maya? What are you doing here,” I asked, melting the ice. “I followed you,” she said. “ I know that, but why,” I asked. “Because you told me not to,” she told me. “I have missed you,” I said, hugging her. “I know let's go save your sister,” she told me. “But you don’t have a crystal to protect yourself with,” I said. “Yes, I do! Watch,” she said. I moved over, and she shot a blast of water at a tree. “You have one too,” I said, “Come on and help me save my sister!” “If we are going to save her, we need to sleep and eat,” she said, giving me a san...