Postage Stamp Short Story

A 224-word story written by a teenager...on Ireland's newest stamp:

"First the Colors, Then the Humans"

In case you have not heard, The Book Thief has been chosen not only for the 2012 One Book, One Chicago, but also as an adaptation for Steppenwolf Theatre. Come get it. Read it. Don't thief it. (wa wa)  

To Be Young, Gifted, and Read

It is great that, on top of all the magical literature I read as a child, more and more will continue to be heaped against my advancing years. But greater than that are the likes of David Almond, whose supernatural gift for story distinctly glows, even in this never-ending pile of already sparkling voices. And that, at the end of my twenties, I should discover him and feel the wonder and terror of twelve again. (P.S. it is very much the feeling cast by "Moonrise Kingdom", as well.). 

excerpt of first chapter