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Great Women You’ve Never Heard Of: Joan Whittington

  You might know about the very important work the Red Cross does all over the world to help people in a crisis. Wherever there is war or natural disaster, their familiar s[...]

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The Fall - A Short Story in Three Parts - Part Three

This is the third of a three part story by 10 year old Alice. Read Part One and Part Two first.      My view is hazy, but I can work out the blurry shape of a nurs[...]

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The Fall - A Short Story in Three Parts - Part Two

The second of a three part short story. If you missed the beginning, start reading here     My hands have no feeling. My feet up to my lower thigh is numb. My [...]

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The Fall - A Short Story in Three Parts - Part One

This is a short story in three parts, by 10 year old Alice       My mates are all leaning against the peeling black-painted gate, chatting and laughing, wh[...]

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Writing Competition for Girls, Alice 10 Years

If you live a life of being a girl, and then live a life being a boy, you will notice colossal differences. Being a girl, you have make-up and fashion, gossip and rumours. But then[...]

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Jump! Mag Writing Competition for Girls - Zara, Six Years Old

  Zara was the youngest participant in the Jump! Mag Writing Competition for Girls. We think she has a great career ahead of her as a writer, and look forward to her further [...]

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Writing Competition for Girls - Nicola, 11 Years

Hi, My name is Nicola. I’m 11 yrs old and am a Scout. I have been through Beavers and Cubs, and enjoyed them both enormously.   Last weekend, I went on a camp called BrumVenture, w[...]

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Writing Competition for Girls - Jo, 13 Years

Jo is 13 years old. This was her entry for the 2012 Jump! Mag Writing Competition       I’m a scout and I go on a lot of camps every year. My favourite is [...]

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Writing Competition for Girls, Issy 13 Years

Yeah, so I’m a girl. That means a lot of things to me: that it is acceptable for me to wear a skirt, and that my voice is higher and I’m shorter than most of the un-girl population[...]

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Writing Competition for Girls, Polly, 9 Years

What I like about Being A Girl is that you are kind of more trusted than boys. Well, at least that's what I think. I have thought that since I had started school, because then you [...]