My stories

  Near the apple tree there lived a centipede named Roxie, she had a lot of fun with her friends and family. One day, Roxie decided to take a stroll. She saw an apple fall from the tree and ran after it, she took a bite, but it didn’t satisfy her. Roxie took another bite, then another one, she kept eating until she made a big hole in the apple. There was a boy playing near the apple tree where Roxie was eating, his house was just a couple of feet away. His name was William Adams. “Mmm, this looks like a delicious apple, I want to eat it,” William said, he didn’t realize the hungry centipede was in it, so he bit and realized Roxie “Eww there’s a worm in it!”  William threw the apple as far as he could and went inside the house. When Roxie landed she was furious. Yuck!  Did I just bite an apple with a worm in it? “He called me a worm!!!!! Anyway, where am I?” She asked herself. Roxie crawled out of the half bitten apple and looked around, suddenly a dark shadow appeared on ...

  My name is Layla, I live with my sour aunt in the countryside. Even though I am my aunt’s sister’s daughter, she treats me like a servant. I have to do all the chores in the house and I don’t have any time to go to school. My parents however, I actually don’t really know if my aunt is telling the truth, but I have to believe it, she says “Your parents died in a car crash!” Well, on a sunny day, I realized that wasn’t true.  The day started normal and well the same as always. “Layla! Get up and start your chores now!” I rubbed my eyes and shivered, even though she says that everyday I always get scared. I sleepily walked down the stairs in my rags and in my palm she slaps one slice of toast. “Good morning aunt.” “Get started now!!!!!!” I quickly finish up my breakfast and I run outside to feed the hens. As I was heading inside to start washing the dishes. I heard something like, “Layla, come to me, please, your mother is alive.” I turned around to hear the voice that was a wh...

Amulya Kuntamukkala  Restaurant Fever  Written by Amulya Kuntamukkala Illustrated by Amulya Kuntamukkala BRONCO P.R.E.S.S. Barksdale Elementary School   2020-2021  I dedicate this book to everyone who likes to cook as this is a book about cooking and opening a Restaurant! MEET THE AUTHOR My name is Amulya Kuntamukkala .  I am 9 years old.  I am in third grade at Barksdale Elementary School in Plano, Texas.  My teacher’s name is Miss Jordan Hickey.  I became an author at the age of seven. This is my second publication. I have also written “Gracie and Grassy - Friendship is the best recipe.”  The idea for this book came from pretend playing restaurant with my little sister!  My favorite books and authors are Cupcake Diaries and Thea Stilton.  In my free time I like to play with my sister, ride my hoverboard and watch TV.  My favorite school subjects are recess, Social Studies and Language Arts.  When I am an adult I wan...

  Food: White Tigers are one of the top predators in the world. They hunt large animals, sometimes larger than them. They eat wild boars, cattle, deer and goats. Habitat: White Tigers are quite rare. They mostly live in Asia and Russia. In Russia and Asia white tigers live in forests and grasslands. Since there are only a few white tigers, it is illegal to kill a white tiger. Not that they are endangered species. How they look: They have white fur and black stripes. Did you know that white tigers are relatives with regular orange tigers? White tigers weigh more than orange tigers. White tigers grow faster than orange tigers. They have icy blue eyes. They have pink paddle paws and pink noses. Fun Facts:  1. White Tigers can weigh up to 570 pounds, that’s more weight than 2 giant pandas. 2. White Tigers stripes help them camouflage in their habitat. 3. White Tigers can be grown up to be 10 feet long. 4. White Tigers live up to 10 - 20 years 5. White Tigers can run 60 miles pe...

  As the school bell rang, Miss Carson waved goodbye. Sophie Coleman picked up all her supplies, it was a big holiday. Summer Break! She was going to 5th grade, Sophie was a great detective and helped with cases. She knew that there was a baking competition each year in Summer. Her friend Naomi was competing with the most talented bakers ever! The next day she went to the competition, the bakers had 3 hours to prepare a dish for the judges to try and observe. She went to Naomi and she saw she was just standing there, her mouth was wide open and she was looking horrified at the floor. There Sophie saw a 5 layered cake with a smashed statue on top with some icing everywhere. “What happened?” Asked Sophie. Naomi looked up at her like she was trying to say something but she couldn’t. Sophie ran down the hall and almost bumped into one of the judges, Miss Marple. “Something just happened in Naomi’s part of the kitchen!”  They both ran back to see Naomi still standing there with tea...