New Moon articles from May 2004

New Moon archives from May 2004

The GEB: 14 beautiful grils.(Girl Talk)
May 1, 2004... As the Girls Editorial Board of New Moon, we love to hear all girls' different voices. That's why we love reading about all you beautiful girls. These are some of our thoughts on beauty. What are yours? THE GEB: 14 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ...

Dear Luna.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... Dear Luna, New Moon's Girls Editorial Board makes a great, well-rounded magazine. Girls like you, and magazines like New Moon, really do change the world. You're an inspiration to us all! Brianna, 16 * Eastham, Massachusetts Dear...

Welcome to Luna's Art Gallery!(Luna's Art Gallery)
May 1, 2004... We're proud to present the work of two fabulous artists! If you'd like to have your artwork (a drawing, painting, photo, collage, or anything else) featured in New Moon, send it to Luna's Art Gallery, New Moon, 34 E. Superior St. #200, Duluth,...

Blast off with the GEB!(Trip to the Moon)
May 1, 2004... DREAM A LITTLE DREAM You're sitting at a table with New Moon's Girls Editorial Board looking over a copy of New Moon. You're a real-live New Moon girl editor. Suddenly, you hear a loud buzzing. You put down your pencil and investigate....

Lene Epp.
May 1, 2004... Age 10 * Minnesota My little sister Lene believes that true beauty is when a person is kind and follows her dreams. She does both of these things. Lene's a very peaceful person who genuinely cares about and likes to help others. At school,...

Christina Wright.
May 1, 2004... Age 15 * Massachusetts I can't imagine not knowing my friend Chrissy. Who else would write The Saga of the Magic Fruitcake with me? Or discuss the reasons that pickles rule? Not to mention the e-zine we edit or the movies we make. ...

Elsa Mayer.
May 1, 2004... Age 9 * Pennsylvania My daughter is both tough and tender. She dukes it out with her brothers, kicks soccer balls, rolls in the dirt, and rock climbs with the best of 'em. She loves to cuddle with her dog and can carry three chickens at...

Nyssa White.
May 1, 2004... Age 12 * New Mexico A Glass Act If you hear glass breaking at the Whites' house, don't worry; it's just my younger sister, Nyssa. She's creative and enjoys all kinds of arts and crafts. But her favorite is working on stained glass....

Anna Bailes.
May 1, 2004... Age 8 * Ohio When my cousin Anna tells a joke, she's usually the first one to start laughing. Most of her jokes are more confusing than funny, but when she laughs, you can't help but join her. She's in third grade and doesn't yet know...

Natalya Haas.
May 1, 2004... Age 12 * Georgia "What you need is a great big hug!" exclaims my daughter Natalya every morning. That's my favorite part of the whole day. I love to be embraced by Natalya's zest for living. When Natalya was younger, she had a rare...

Cameron O'Neill-Mullin.
May 1, 2004... One morning, I woke up to my little sister Cameron standing in my room with her hands under her armpits, doing the chicken dance and singing, "I don't want to be a chicken, I don't want to be a duck, so cluck, cluck." The whole family sang that...

Cami Stump.
May 1, 2004... Age 14 * Illinois I wonder if I would've survived the sixth grade if I hadn't met Cami. Our middle school was structured so that about 12 of us (who really didn't know each other) were together in nearly every class. Most of us were kind...

Abby and Dena Kaye-Phillips.
May 1, 2004... Age 11 * Rhode Island Imagine living with a best friend who looks just like you and shares your interests, clothes, and family. Our daughters, Abby and Dena, do exactly that. Dena and Abby see each other as role models. They both agree...

Christie Blackwood.
May 1, 2004... Age 14 * Minnesota Brave Heart I don't know Christie very well. If you asked me what her favorite color was, I wouldn't know. Nor would I know her favorite food or movie. I only know Christie from a distance, but it's close enough to...

Jenna Pollack.
May 1, 2004... Age 12 * California Still Water Run Deep My husband and I gave Jenna the nickname "Buddha" when she was 3 months old. We'd just adopted her from Guatemala and immediately sensed her calm and serene temperament. That calmness continues...

Lindsey Richardson.
May 1, 2004... Age 11 * British Columbia, Canada Adults sometimes underestimates what kids can do--like I underestimated my daughter, Lindsey. When she told me she wanted to raise $3,000 to help build schools in developing countries, I warned her that it...

Michelle McCormick Grey.
May 1, 2004... Age 8 * Massachusetts There's nothing lukewarm about my granddaughter Michelle. On her fourth birthday, she got tired of wearing her dress. She took it off and waved a naked good-bye to all the guests. And last summet when we visited...

Grace Cipressi.
May 1, 2004... Age 11 * Pennsylvania As I sit at my desk talking with friends, I notice a classmate sitting alone. I think about how to ask her if she wants to join us, when my friend Grace walks up to her. Soon, the two are joking and laughing. I smile,...

Della Ljungkull.
May 1, 2004... Age 15 * Wisconsin Della considers herself a "floater" because she doesn't tie herself down to one group of kids. She gets to know everyone. She says, "As a floater, I can go where I want and ignore little stuff, like who belongs with...

Lindsae Zielinski.
May 1, 2004... Age 10 * Michigan "I'd like to discuss some new riddles I've been working on," said our niece Lindsae over the answering machine. She'd spent the entire afternoon crafting riddles. A few of them left us stumped for hours. Actually,...

Rachel (Racy) Tucker.
May 1, 2004... Age 12 * Pennsylvania My daughter Racy, is wise for her age. Maybe it's because of her unusual beginning--she was born at home. Or maybe it's because her mother is often ill and Racy's had to grow up fast. For whatever reason, Racy shows...

Maggie Bradshaw.
May 1, 2004... Age 11 * California Last summer, my friend Maggie's family and mine met at the beach every Wednesday night. Maggie always brought artwork, usually enough to share. Once she gave me a can covered in pictures of eyes. She said it was an...

Rosie Oceanna-Kolb.
May 1, 2004... Age 14 * Vermont When Rosie not performing circus tricks--riding her unicycle and juggling bean bags--she's helping homeless cats. Our family is in charge of the "difficult cases" from our local shelter's foster cat program. This means we...

Abigail Perry.
May 1, 2004... Age 13 * New York The first time I saw Abigail, she and her brothers were peeking out from behind a stairway door. My morn and her dad planned to get married, and we kids were finally meeting each other. That night, we ended up crawling...

Gusty Clarke.
May 1, 2004... Age 12 * Illinois When I heard that a family had moved into the empty house on my street. I crossed my fingers that the family would include a girl my age. It did. Her name was Gusty, and we became friends instantly. I was excited because...

Liliana Sabsowitz Silverman.
May 1, 2004... Age 9 * Pennsylvania Recently, I watched my daughter Lili sworn in as president of the United States. When she was done, I announced to the crowd that the U.S. now had its first Female, Asian, Jewish president. Everyone clapped and...

Madeline Jarvis.
May 1, 2004... Age 13 * Minnesota What's it like being the only girl in a Family of six kids? Our sister Madeline knows! She doesn't have to wear hand-me-downs, and she gets her own room. Lucky her! We're lucky, too, to have her as our sister. Here's...

Haley Weigman.
May 1, 2004... Ae 11 * Wisconsin My granddaughter Haley believes in herself and in others... She believes she can make a difference in the world. I showed her a website about Cap Anamur, an organization that helps people worldwide. She donated money...

Meet Domenica Santolina Doone.
May 1, 2004... Beautiful Girl #26 * Age 13 My second life began when I was kidnapped by two complete strangers... Within the pages of Bloomability, Domenica "Dinnie" Doone suddenly finds herself in a foreign country, surrounded by kids from...

Bloomability.
May 1, 2004... Bloomability BY SHARON CREECH CHAPTER ONE FIRST LIFE In my first life, I lived with my mother, and my older brother and sister, Crick and Stella, and with my father when he wasn't on the road. My father was a trucker, or sometimes a...

Feeling quizzical?
May 1, 2004... Wonder which Sharon Creech character you're like? Take the following quiz and find out! (Choose the letter of the description that fits you best.) 1) IF... [] a. you found a mysterious trail in the woods, you'd follow it. [] b....

Colorful secrets.(Fiction)
May 1, 2004... "Hi, you! How's my most awesome friend?" Beth cringed. She wished Emelia wouldn't say that so loud. Beth played with Emelia at recess because none of Beth's other friends had the same recess as she did. But Beth knew the other girls talked...

Heartbeat.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... by Sharon Creech Sharon Creech's new book Heartbeat is a journey of self-discovery that teaches us to listen to our hearts, especially when things get difficult. Heartbeat's main character, Annie, loves to run barefoot with her best...

Ask a Girl.
May 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...

How Many Things I Can Be.(Poetry)
May 1, 2004... HOW MANY THINGS I CAN BE I am a joke waiting to be told I am a pen waiting to write great things I am a book waiting to be read I am a sapling who is just beginning to take root I am the sun just beginning to come out...

Remembering.(Poetry)
May 1, 2004... REMEMBERING I watch as she dances across the grass leaping and twirling clad in a nightgown she sings to the stars skipping between the flowers plucking a dandelion to tuck behind her ear her voice floats...

The Unfurling.(Poetry)
May 1, 2004... THE UNFURLING It is painful to see you exposed and at the same time so very hidden You seem to bare your soul and nothing at all. I almost want to will you back into your hole, crevice where you...

How Aggravating!
May 1, 2004... My friend Carson and I play together a lot. He has two other friends, Brandon and Al. One day, Al said that because I was a girl, I must like Carson as a boyfriend. Carson's other friends agreed. Now Carson doesn't play with me anymore. That's...

Howling at the Moon.
May 1, 2004... Secret[R] deodorant now has a commercial that shows a man stuck on the highway with a flat tire. A young woman in a business suit stops to help him and fixes the problem in seconds. The voiceover says, "Secret--strong enough for a woman." (It...

Draw Luna.
May 1, 2004... LUNA IS THE SPIRIT OF NEW MOON. WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE LOOKS LIKE? EVERY GIRL'S IDEA IS DIFFERENT, AND THAT'S THE WAY WE LIKE IT! LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD, AND SEND US A DRAWING IN DARK PENCIL OR INK ON WHITE, UNLINED PAPER OF WHAT LUNA...

Cat tails.
May 1, 2004... Pera, what's your story about? You'll see Tsivy... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Beautiful Princess by Pera W. Once there was a princess. Her name was Vana. She was very sad. sigh [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] She was sad...

Inside the moon.
May 1, 2004... Girls for President! May 19th, 2004 is our 5th annual Turn Beauty Inside Out Day (TBIO). On this day, people all over the world celebrate inner beauty and challenge media images that stereotype girls and women. The focus of this year's...

Girls act out.
May 1, 2004... There are lots of ways that you can be politically active and voice your opinions. * Write a letter to the president or to your congressperson about issues that are important to you. * Write to your mayor and city council members. * Participate...

In the wild.
May 1, 2004... WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR, I SEE JUST A WORM. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JUST AN ORDINARY WORM, WITH BROWN SKIN AND A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE, [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A STRONG WILL, A TOUCH OF CYNICISM, [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...