New Moon articles from January 2004

New Moon archives from January 2004

Girl talk.
January 1, 2004... Hi, readers! Ever had a rotten day? Probably everybody has. Amanda once got locked out of her house and had to walk a mile to her friend's house in a thunderstorm. Some days you might feel like you're walking through a blizzard in a T-shirt....

Dear Luna.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... Dear Luna, I've been reading New Moon since I got it for Hanukkah three years ago. I've even read back issues all the way back to 1997. I love the tone New Moon sets for its readers. My favorite sections are "Fiction" and "Global Village."...

Ask a girl.
January 1, 2004... Ask a Girl is an advice column for you and by you. We help each other and take our problems seriously. Here's how it works: we publish letters that ask for help and advice. In later issues, we publish your replies--advice or personal...

They Wanted Me to Surrender.(poetry)(Poem)
January 1, 2004... They Wanted Me to Surrender They wanted me to surrender. They wanted to be done. But I stood up to fight the battle And through my tears, I won. I was faced with two forks in the road And I alone had to choose....

Misunderstood.(poetry)(Poem)
January 1, 2004... Misunderstood I'm that boy who nobody wants to play with at recess. I'm that girl who everyone calls weird. I'm that kid in a foster home. I'm that person who no one thinks is funny. ...

Sk8ter girl.(Girls on the Go)(ice skater Serena Russum)(Interview)
January 1, 2004... When Serena was three, her parents took her to see Beauty and the Beast on Ice. "I want to do that!" she said, and that's all it took for her to start chasing her dream. Last August, at the age of ten, Serena skated at the State Games of...

Making myself clear.
January 1, 2004... Have you ever felt like no matter what you say, your mom just doesn't understand you? Maddy and Sally felt that way, so they wrote a special dictionary for their moms. But Maddy's and Sally's moms thought their girls could learn from them, too....

Growing up is hard to do.(answers to questions about puberty)
January 1, 2004... Here on the Girls Editorial Board, we have a tot of questions about growing up. You probably do, too! We got Patsy Sadler, M.D., to help us understand what's happening. Why am I so moody? If you're out-of-control happy one minute,...

Voice box.
January 1, 2004... Welcome to Voice Box, where girls express their opinions about hot topics. In the July/August 2003 issue, we asked you for your thoughts on the death penalty. Here's what you said: When I began writing an essay on capital punishment for 8th...

Stuck in the middle with you.(how to survive through middle school )
January 1, 2004... DEAR FRIENDS, Have you ever noticed that when you tell your parents about a bad day at school they ALWAYS say, "Oh, those are the hardest years"? (I've heard rumors that parents go to a special school where they teach them these phrases.)...

Willful Wilma.(Her story)(track and field star Wilma Rudolph)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... "My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports." Wilma Rudolph Here are three things that never made life easy: being black during segregation, having polio, and being born during the...

The crush files.
January 1, 2004... Are you suddenly looking forward to that class where you sit across from the boy with curly black hair? Or do you just have to watch that certain music video over and over? You might be having your first crush! Crushes can be exciting and...

Something in common.(Fiction)(Short Story)
January 1, 2004... The school bus ground to a halt. I grabbed my backpack, jumped down the stairs, and ran toward the woods as fast as I could. I climbed the tree house ladder. The smell of damp wood greeted me as I flung open the hinged door in the floor of my...

Luna's art gallery.
January 1, 2004... Welcome to Luna's Ad Gallery! We're proud to present the work of two fabulous artists! If you'd like to have your original artwork (a drawing, painting, photo, collage, of anything else) featured in New Moon, send it to Luna's Art Gallery, New...

Marketing mom.(Women's Work)(Interview)
January 1, 2004... Mary Anne Seraphin is a mom to two daughters, ages 9 and 6. She never expected she'd become a stay-at-home mom, but having kids changed everything. Here's what she has to say about her experience. New Moon: What's the hardest part about...

Wrong way day.(depression)
January 1, 2004... Have you ever had one of those days when it seems like everything is against you? I remember a day when I felt like my world was crumbling. The boy I'd liked for six months said no when I asked him out, I got in a fight with my mom about...

Take a STAND.(Girls Act Out)(Students Take Action for New Directions)
January 1, 2004... All over the city, people watch TV. One station flashes: WARNING LEVEL HIGH: Administration raises threat to code orange!" News reporters say the U.S. Administration is asking for $87 billion for work in Iraq. Safe in her home, one girl...

How aggravating!
January 1, 2004... I was listening to a Chicago radio station; they were having a contest to win a pair of tickets to something. In order to win the tickets, a woman had to show the DJs her breasts. The woman who had the biggest breasts would win tickets. That is...

Howling at the Moon.
January 1, 2004... One morning before school started, a boy said he thought women should obey men all the time. I explained that men and women should have equal rights. By the end of class, he agreed completely with me! Maya, 11 * Las Vegas, Nevada I...

A passage to India.(one girl's life in India)
January 1, 2004... I'M THIRTEEN and I belong to the Berala tribe. I call myself Majalee Janu Jadiya. Janu is my mother's name and Jadiya is my father's name. Most people only write their father's name, but I've decided to write my mother's name, too. If I...

Considering customs.(facts about India)
January 1, 2004... How big is it? 3,287,590 sq km (twice as big as Alaska) How many people live there? Over 1 billion (the U.S. has about 300 million) What about religion? Mostly Hindu, but there are many different religions. Tribal people...

Kheer.
January 1, 2004... Kheer (Remember to ask for permission before using the kitchen.) Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1.2 dl) water 1/2 cup (1.2 dl) rice 4 cups (9.6 dl) milk 1/2 cup (1.2 dl) sugar 1 tsp. (5 ml) cardamom powder Nuts and raisins ...

The slimy scientist.(Science Side Effects)
January 1, 2004... Not only is slime super cool and fun to play with, it's also a great way to learn about science. Did you know that slime is an example of a polymer? Polymers are molecules that are strung together in long repeating chains. When you do this...

January: oatmeal month.(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... January Oatmeal Month sunday monday tuesday wednesday 4 5 6 7 Wyoming Full Moon inagurates first woman...

February: black history month.(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... February Black History Month sunday monday tuesday wednesday 1 2 3 4 The Yukon ...

Inside the Moon.
January 1, 2004... Some of the biggest news coming out of New Moon headquarters is Shannon Buckley's recent visit to Duluth! Shannon won our first ever Trip to the Moon contest, and the prize was a trip to Duluth to visit New Moon and serve as a guest editor on...