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Leah Cypess

Leah Cypess is the author of several books and numerous short stories. Her next book for young readers, Thornwood, is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty from the point of view of Beauty's forgotten younger sister. It is a 2021 publication of Delacorte Press.
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What Togetherness Day Means To Me

What Togetherness Day Means To Me Sara Greenberg: 7th Grade Togetherness Day is important to me because once it's over, it will be a whole year before I have to go through Togetherness Day again. Just kidding, Mr. Paterson. Not because I don't mean it, but because if I don't get…

The Forgetting

He thought about declining, of course. Everyone did--but he thought longer than most, sitting on the hard-backed orange chair of the immigration office, elbows on his knees. He had been there for two hours already, and the receptionist was watching him suspiciously. For most of…

In Defense of the End of the World

Many call me a visionary genius. To some of you, that is a good thing. Others deem me a reckless madwoman. To some of you, that is a bad thing. The truth is, I am just someone who cares. I believe--I have always believed--that most people care. But we've been trained, over…

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