Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2022 i Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young Teens

Dear Cricket, Hi! I’ve been reading Cricket for about a year and a half now. I love it! My favorite stories are the Halloween and sports ones. I like nature, chocolate, and randomly walking around in circles! I dislike lukewarm bathwater, Mondays, and racism and sexism. I think all people should be treated equally. I want to be a writer when I grow up. I like the book Harriet the Spy because it is exciting, interesting, and inspiring. I also like the Harry Potter series and The Westing Game. I’m gonna have some ice cream now. Cleo D. Ingerick, age 11 Alexandria, Virginia Hello! I play the violin. My family is doing three days in a row of trick-or-treating for Halloween! I am going to be a vampiress (girl vampire),…

Invasion of the Road Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales by David Lubar This book is pretty awesome! It has these amazing short stories that aren’t too scary, and they make you think. I love books that make you think! I recommend this book for sure. I got this book from my cousin. Sunni S., age 11 via cricketmagkids.com/books The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill When she was a baby, a girl named Luna was accidentally fed moonlight by a kind witch. Because of this, the kind witch decides to raise Luna. Meanwhile, in a town nearby, the citizens live in fear of the witch, because they think she is evil. One boy, Antain, decides to put an end to this “menace” once and for all.…

“YOU’RE NOT THE only one,” Bobby’s father said as he drove their car very slowly and carefully through the empty streets. In spite of the fact that there were no other vehicles on the road, driving was still dangerous in this situation: his dad could hardly keep his eyes open. “There are at least a dozen other people in this part of the state who haven’t responded to the Hibernation Instinct.” Bobby’s mother hugged him with one arm while resting her head atop his own. For a moment, he thought that she had slipped off to sleep, but then she said in a warm, drowsy voice, “We thought that you would be . . . affected like your brother and sister. But, well, you’ve always been your own little man,…

DEATH DID NOTHING to improve Will Lugg. If anything, he became more of a bully. As if I hadn’t faced enough trials, he also became my own particular problem. In life, Will Lugg was seven feet tall, with a chest like the prow of a ship. He was a bad ’un who used his size to get his way, even if it meant hurting others in the process. Here on the coast of Cornwall, we citizens make a living by fishing, mining tin, and fair-trading (called smuggling by some). Will Lugg did none of these things: He made a living off of us. He started earning his bad name around 1750 or so, four years before I was born. As I was learning to crawl, young Will Lugg was raiding…

DID YOU EVER wonder who carved the first jack-o’-lantern, or why a carved pumpkin is called a “jack-o’-lantern”? Carolyn Short told me that Irish immigrants brought the custom of carving jack-o’-lanterns to the United States. Since pumpkins did not grow in Ireland, the Irish usually carved their jack-o’-lanterns from turnips. After coming to the United States, Irish immigrants began using pumpkins, which were plentiful and easy to carve. The idea of carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns spread quickly and is now an American tradition. The name “jack-o’-lantern” comes from an old Irish folk tale. In this story, a stingy old man named Jack tricks the devil out of his soul. After Jack dies, he’s not allowed into heaven, and having no other choice, he heads toward hell. On his way he…

WHO’S AFRAID OF their toilet? You might have been if you were an ancient Roman! And for good reason. When archaeologists began unearthing ancient Roman cities, they sometimes found an unusual room among the beautiful columns, arches, and marbles of various public buildings. This room contained a long bench, often made of stone, with dozens of plate-sized holes lined up in a row above a giant drainage channel. Researchers took a long time to realize that these ruined structures were communal, multiseat toilets. Oh No! I Gotta Go! Imagine you’re out for a day of shopping and visiting the theater in ancient Rome when suddenly you realize, “Uh-oh, I need a toilet!” You’d rather wait till you got home, but sometimes when you gotta go, you gotta go! You hurry…

WINNERS MAY 2022 ART CONTEST Road Trip Green and Blue Aurora in the Alaskan Winter First prize 10 and under Priscilla Chow, age 8 Palmetto Bay, FL First prize 11 and up James Jungwirth, age 12 Portland, OR Sunset Kayaks Hannah L., age 11 San Francisco, CA First prize 11 and up Road Trip in My Dad’s Old Car Second prize 10 and under Kaija T. Enbysk, age 10 University Place, WA Denali National Park Second prize 10 and under Tang Li, age 9 Palmetto Bay, FL Frenchie, age 12 Fresno, CA Second prize 11 and up Second prize 11 and up Mary Peacock, age 13 Broxton, GA The Johnsons Were Here Third prize 10 and under Benjamin, age 10 Lisle, IL Kayaking with My Dad Third prize 10 and…