Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young Teens

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Dear Everybuggy,

Last time I wrote to you, I lived in North Carolina, but we have moved. We live in Virginia now. I love Cricket! I like space. I’m homeschooled and like to look at our map. I’ve discovered towns like Philadelphia in Mississippi!

Philip Turner, age 7

Montclair, Virginia

Dear Chatterboxers,

I just finished reading Keeper of the Lost Cities Book 6, Nightfall. The last sentence was: “He huffed out of breath, ‘Who’s Alvar?’” And Alvar was the one who asked the question! I have chills, don’t you?

Phoenix Queen, age 10

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Blab About Books, Chatterbox

Has anybody ever heard of Bakugan? I used to have a Bakugan, a little red dragon. I adored it. To this day, I have no idea where it came from or where it went. I was three or four. I didn’t like ponies or robots, just dinosaurs. I had so many dino toys and I wouldn’t even play with them. I’d just carry them around. It was this little red ball that popped open to be tiny draconic awesomeness whenever it

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