Starfish Tales Vol I

By Michelle Rutledge

Prepare for an ocean of tales!

Imagination comes alive in this collection of stories written by children for children. From the struggles of everyday life to the far reaches of outer space, these tales are sure to delight.

So come aboard and share the adventure!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dancing Lemur Press LLC
• Release date: Nov 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9781939844347

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Edited by Michelle Rutledge

DANCING LEMUR PRESS, L.L.C.

Pikeville, North Carolina

http://dancinglemurpress.com

Copyright 2016 by Michelle Rutledge

Published by Dancing Lemur Press, L.L.C.

P.O. Box 383, Pikeville, North Carolina, 27863-0383

http://dancinglemurpress.com

ISBN: 9781939844347

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in a retrieval system in any form – either mechanically, electronically, photocopy, recording, or other – except for short quotations in printed reviews, without the permission of the publisher.

This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Cover design by C.R.W.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the parents, educators, and all the inspirational and motivational people who have come along and touched the lives of these up and coming authors. It is because of you all that these students are experiencing their success! It is because of those of you who will continue to be a contributing presence in their lives, and those who will come along in their futures that these students will continue to experience success in all of their ventures. Through the good and bad days, remember that your gifts will give to this generation and generations to come!

I want to thank Diane Wolfe, with Dancing Lemur Press, for partnering with me on this publishing project for our 3rd year in a row. Your partnership and generosity of your time and resources have been foundational in defining my educational career. You inspire me and my students as you teach them about writing. Thank you for showing them real-life applications and success in the writing field.

I also want to give a special thank you to the Bright Ideas education grant program, sponsored by North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. It is because of their inspiration and generosity that teachers can implement such creative projects in the classroom! Their funding has made it possible for the 5th grade students at Greenwood Middle to become published this year and receive a copy of their beautifully published work at no cost to the student. Thank you!

Table of Contents

Rise of the Elements by Timothy Worthington

Steven’s Big Move by Ronnie Jensen

The Pig Invasion by Evan Boyce

Dynasia Learns Her Lesson by Destinee’ Moses

Attack of the Glitch by Michael-Kristofer Haynes

Shawn’s Dream by Bryce Cox

Blockhead: Return of the Beanie by Elliot Benton

Girl Power by Jada Jones

The Fire that Changed My Life by Bryan Bailey

Doomsday by Angel Vasquez

The Kindness of an Alien Stranger by Jeffery Pearson

The Mystery Illness by Chaviya Thomas Hall

The Adventures of Hilo by Jacob Sutton

The War that Saved a Planet by Kyla Steadman

An Alien on Earth by Edwin Nickson

Cat Trouble by Ethan Chiddister

My Dream by Kimberly Cruz Aguilar

The Super Hero Twins by A’Nya Coriano

Sparkle, The Social Media Star by Jaila Carter

The Boy Who Found an Alien Egg by Kaleb Myles

The New Beginning by Cianna Lostal

What a Wonder by Ashraf Alriyashi

LaFina and the Alien by Taylor Kisse

The Supernatural War by Ayobami Ajagbe

No Matter What, Your Friends Have Your Back by Victoria Skinner

Rise of the Elements

By Timothy Worthington

In year 3073, a boy named Peter finally had the courage to escape the evil planet Toshem.

Peter did not know why he felt so different, alone, and unlike everyone else on Toshem. All he wanted to do was leave as fast as possible and get far away from Benson, his father. Benson and his evil ways had taken all the natural resources from the planet and left the people with nothing.

Peter took one of his father's space pods to go to the nice blue planet he had seen from his telescope. On Earth, two brothers were in the woods looking for pieces of metal to build a spaceship. When the brothers looked up at the sky, they saw a big ball of fire coming straight down to earth. Peter had lost control and had only one option, and that was to crash. Peter was unconscious and trapped inside of a burning space pod.

The brothers sprung into action and quickly put the fire out. They noticed that there was a boy inside the pod when the smoke cleared.

The brothers took the boy, who did not look much older than themselves, to their garage to patch him up. Bryce, the older brother, knew how to fix Peter up because he had been taught by his father to heal people. While Bryce was healing the boy, DJ, the builder, decided to go back to the wreckage to take some parts from the space pod to finish what they had started.

While Bryce was working on the alien boy, he noticed there was a seal that read Peter. As Bryce removed that seal from the body, a flashing device with four different colored orbs appeared.

DJ came back from the ship and saw the flashing device and said, It looks like a tracking device!

Seconds later, Peter woke up with the orbs glowing as bright as a star. They read water, air, fire, and earth. Peter, with no hesitation, yelled, I'm being tracked!

From a far distance, they heard a loud boom. Peter thanked the brothers for saving him. He let them know that he has left a planet far from here for reasons they will soon find out, and if they choose