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Aaron
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This is a thrilling mystery story involving beautiful people, international intrigue, and weapons of mass destruction. |
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Abel
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Abel Abyu; Man-child of a most prestigious breed...
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Adrien
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Adrien is an exchange student from France. |
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Alma
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Alma was born and raised in Oakland. Living with her mom and her younger brother, she feels the urge to help her family and be a role model to her brother. There are no limitiations to your success. She hopes to attend San Diego State or San Francisco State. |
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Adrian
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Adrian was born in Oakland, CA but has lived Berkeley his whole life. Music is his life and he hopes to study music in college and make a living from playing music. He likes to play guitar, bass, or any other instrument that he can get his hands on. He also enjoys meditating and hanging out with his friends all day.
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Ashley
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Ashley Ahwah loves writing short stories,
especially children's stories and is often inspired by her favorite Disney
movies. Living in California her entire life she has
experienced minimal racial confrontations, but still believes it is a huge
issue. She hopes you like her mystery story on a hate crime.
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Avi
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Avi is a resident of Berkeley California. He is still an academic
student, and
an avid volleyball player, despite being a second semester senior.
Next Fall he
is going to The Universityof Michigan to study engineering.
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Chris
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Chris Allen has lived in Berkeley, California his whole life. He lives life on the edge; he crosses bridges when he gets to them. Chris wants the reader to not feel sympathy for him in his story, things happen for a reason he claims. Chris plans on attending a 4 Year University in Los Angeles.
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Claire
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Claire Engan is excited to show you
her mystery story. She learned that a rule of mystery, is to never have a
romance. She strongly believes there should always be a romance. It's what
makes things exciting! She was inspired by some anatomy class findings for
her mystery. Claire is trying to go to UC Davis, but will end up somewhere local
if she doesn't get in.
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Danny
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Danny has lived in Berkeley his whole life. He enjoys playing baseball, hanging out with friends, and watching movies. Danny has many nicknames such as Dannyboy, Dboy, Roldy, Harold, and DanDan. He hopes you enjoy his memoir and encourages all underclassmen to take short stories senior year. Danny has no immediate plans for after high school.
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Devante'
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What would it be like if you were a survivor in a
world where there was no water? Would you be able to keep your sanity by
living off of an artificial elixir? Would you be able to live in a place
that's totally dry?
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Djuna
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Djuna has never left Berkeley for more then two weeks. She's been here forever! Coming from an adventurous, fun loving family. She loves to have fun. She hopes her memoir inspires you to strive for your dreams, even though they might be scary. She strives to study Forensic Anthropology at any college that will take her in.
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Donnay
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Donnay M. Givens is a senior at Berkeley High School. She has lived in The Bay Area her whole life. Next year she plans on going to Spellman College in Georgia. She wants to study to be a lawyer. Her second choice is to study to be a writer. She enjoys watching football and spending time with her family.
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Elana
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Elana Cohen enjoys her earl grey tea.
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Emma L.
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Emma Lydon has lived in Berkeley all of her life. When she's not rescuing wildlife, she spends her time working for
The Jacket
and playing rugby. She plans on majoring in political science and attending law school.
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Emma S-S
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Emma is from Oakland. She is an only child who balances the clenched-abdomen repression of her father's side of the family and the shrieking chaos of her mother's side. She wishes her personal philosophy was “And that (Said John) Is That,” but really “La Vie Est Belle,” when said with a terribly sad expression, seems to sum it up better.
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Evan
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Evan Cohen has lived in Berkeley for his entire life. However he loves to travel. Hiking and backpacking have always been two of his greatest passions, and he hopes that you enjoy reading about one of his many adventures. Evan is an aspiring computer programmer and web designer, and hopes to study these fields in college and beyond.
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Frances
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Frances was born and raised in the Bay Area. She likes to laugh and think. She wants to do something, come Fall. She hopes you enjoy her story.
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Francisco
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My name is Francisco and I live in Berkeley,Ca. I like to do many things like play video games or just kick it with my friends but mostly be with my girlfriend which is mentioned in my memoir. I am also a big Jordan Head (Jordan Collector) I like to collect sneakers but ruin my life in a way when I can be studying or reading because I plan to go to a California State College as soon as I graduate.
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Giovanni
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Giovanni has lived in Berkeley for nine years
while the other eight he spent it in Mexico living in the beautiful state of
Michoacan. Having seen the many sacrifices that his parents had to go
through, makes him motivated to achieve all his dreams. he hopes you find his
story very interesting. |
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Haley
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LAX is life.
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Hannah G.
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Hannah grew up in Pt. Reyes Sta. and has spent the past three years in Berkeley. Her family taught her to love adventures in the great out doors. She hopes you don’t find her memoir to childish. Like Dr. Seuss, Hannah believes, “Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.” She hopes to study international relations and diplomacy in college and work alongside Dr. Patch Adams.
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Hannah M.
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Though Hannah has grown up in Berkeley, she was born in North Carolina. She has been on the BHS crew team sence freshmen year. And would like to go to collage. She would also like to win ten million dollars and have the ability to fly, but we can have everything. She has now idea what she wants to do with her life, but will enjoy finding out.
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Hector
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Hector has lived in Richmond for a long part of his life, but he is currently living in Berkeley. His family comes from Mexico. He hopes to go to college and study some kind of engineering, maybe in construction.
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Ian
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Ian, simply put, is just amazing. He resides in Berkeley and enjoys playing violin, hiking, and going on long bike rides. Ian has a black belt in Kuk-Sool-Won and has raced for the Berkeley High Mountain Bike Team in 2009. You could easily pick him from a crowd due to his distinct appearance, ungainly stride, sexy model-like-figure and erratic behavior.
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Ivan
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Ivan Ackley is a unique individual. He lives life
to smell the roses. He believes in friendship, optimism, love, and the
Illuminati. If you don't know about it ask. He always questions authority,
even when authority is questioning him. Ivan never enjoyed writing until he
took this class. |
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Jambaldorj
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Jamba is loving his life and living it full as he can. He hopes that you will enjoy his short story. He also hopes to visit his home country mongolia soon. |
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Jasmine
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Jasmine was born and raised in Berkeley
California. At the age of twelve she discovered that she wanted to be
a obstetrician. She would love to attend Spellman or UC Davis. As you read
her memoir, know that she is a different person today.
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Jenna
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Today's case: how good is Jenna at writing mysteries? Click
her picture to solve it yourself.
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Jeremy
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Despite the content of this story, Jeremy Gleick is in fact a quite cheery person. Really! It's true! Why are you walking away shaking your head? Seriously, even though the story is...well, like this, he is quite upbeat and optimistic!
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Kali
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Kali has lived in Berkeley all her life. She comes from a big family, three
brothers and two sisters because of that she often feels overcrowded at times.
Like her favorite teacher has said "You can't say you like to write but don’t
like to read, they go hand in hand". Kali doesn’t know what college she wants to
attend yet but she does know that she wants to pursue what she loves which is
writing.
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Katie
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This story is gory, if you don't like that stuff, please don't
read. I hope you like it, and that it's not too obvious.
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Keke
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Click here for Keke's story.
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Keahara Monroe was born and raised in Oakland Ca, She moved to Berkeley in seventh grade and attended MLK middle school. She skipped the fith grade. She is a Senior now at Berkeley High and is 16 years old. She wants to attend Spelman College in the fall, and her favorite author is J.K Rowling.
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Kevin
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Kevin Yu is a first generation Chinese American. He was born in Boston MA, but moved to California when he was five. He enjoys rock climbing and going to the beach. He hopes to attend UC Davis to study ceramics.
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Lauren
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Lauren is planing on going to a four year collage, her first choice is Chico State because it is close to home but not to close. She loves to go to the beach and listen to music, as told in her story. Something you would never know about Lauren from looking at her is that she still is a sucker for disney movies especially Pocahantes.
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Leah
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Leah would like to warn everyone that even though her story is fast
paced, it is quite long. Read at your own risk.
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Liza
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Liza is one of six siblings. When she
got lice her mother called her “Lica” for months. Her mother, father, and
brother each believe in one of the 3 monotheistic religions. One leg is
longer than the other. Liza loves Michael Jackson, hot sauce, salt and boys
in Vans.
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Madeleine
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Madeleine has lived her entire life in Berkeley, California.
She lives with her parents and has two older sisters. She is now a senior at
Berkeley High and plans to go to College next year.
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Maxx
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Maxx Koerner has spent most of his living memory in Berkeley, he spent the first few in Richmond. Being German in heritage, he comes off as stubborn and at times resourceful, though most of the time he is layed back. Currently he juggling between being a history teacher or a chef. He also speaks broken German.
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Maya D.
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Maya Drexler lives in Berkeley with her parents sisters and dog, Gus. She loves eating, laughing and likes to think that one day she will be on Oprah...and hopefully do some other cool things too.
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Maya M.
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Mr. Bye makes jokes about my stories - ergo it MUST be
interesting.
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Mi-Re
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Mi-re is a Korean-American girl who was born and raised in Berkeley. She loves art, horseback riding, and food. She also enjoys traveling around the world. Her dream school is UC Davis. She wishes to travel abroad to Korea or Italy for further studies after college. Mi-re and her family are very family oriented and she owes her life to them.
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Molly Rose
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Molly Rose likes to write. She wants to go to
college...somewhere. Have fun reading her mystery.
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Nathan
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Nubia
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Nubia spent her childhood in Mexico City, then moved to Berkeley and is currently living San Pablo. She has three siblings, two brothers and a sister whom she love spending time with. She hopes you enjoy reading about the first time she fell in love and all the things she went through. She believes everything happens for a reason and lives her life with no regrets. She hopes to attend SF State next fall.
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Patrick
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Patrick was born in Oakland, but spends time in Berkeley. Coming from an East Coast family, he is often traveling to Massachusetts. Patrick is a senior and plans to attend college next year out of state.
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Rachel Ch.
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Keahara Monroe was born and raised in Oakland Ca, She moved to Berkeley in seventh grade and attended MLK middle school. She skipped the fith grade. She is a Senior now at Berkeley High and is 16 years old. She wants to attend Spelman College in the fall, and her favorite author is J.K Rowling.
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Rachel Co.
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Rachel is from Oakland. Daughter of a hairstylist, she
knows her mom will hate how terrible her hair looks in her picture and her
dad will just laugh. Her college plans are mostly east coast.
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Sally
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Sally loves her mom.
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Samantha
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Samantha was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where her birth parents were attending college. Shortly after being adopted, she moved to Maryville, Tennessee, where she stayed for the next ten years. Despite her wishes, she eventually had to move to the Bay Area and has lived there ever since. Samantha enjoys astronomy and spending time with her cat, Peaches.
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Sareena
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I am a senior at Berkeley High School, I originally chose Spoken word but instead I got Short Story Reading and writing. I like it though. I plan on going to Howard University for Cinema Studies! No, I can't wait.
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Selam
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Selamawit Mersha is originally from Ethiopia, but has been living in Berkeley for six years. She is a senior at Berkeley High School. After high school she hopes to go to San Fransisco State and be a medicine student. She hopes you enjoy her memoir and learn a little about her trip back to her home country and her friendship with, Sarah.
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Tai
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Tai was born and raised in Berkeley, CA, except for the three years she lived in Hong Kong. She speaks fluent Japanese, thanks to her mother who has spoken to her in Japanese from birth. Tai has danced at Berkeley City Ballet since the age of six, and hopes to study dance pedagogy at Butler University in the fall.
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Tessala
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Being the true Berkeley native she is, Tessala is a bit strange by most standards. She enjoys walking around town barefoot and listening to trippy music. A few things that she can't stand on the other hand, are bad remakes of good songs, grape flavored candy, and fish. She hopes to study art and psychology in whatever college ends up accepting her.
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Trevor
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Trevor has lived in Berkeley his entire life and knows that his views, no matter how hard he tries, reflect his up bringing in Berkeley. He recognizes the importance of travel and gaining perspective. Next fall he is sure that he will be attending a college but is still unsure of where he wants to go.
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Valerie
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Valerie Dohrer does not have a future as a
mystery writer. She was born and raised in in the wonderful city of Berkeley.
Though she loves Berkeley with all her heart, she hopes to go to college in a
land far far away. Valerie is deeply in love with theater and for the past
four years she has dabbled in a love affair with costuming. You should know that
this story is based on true events and if you are ever in the Costume Room
when you're not supposed to be, the asbestos monster will eat you.
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Violetta
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Violetta was born in the Bay Area, then moved
to New Jersey. She then, of course, found her way back to Berkeley, where she
was raised. She hopes you enjoy her mystery story!
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Zoe
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Zoe is a Japanese-American who grew up in
Berkeley. California. Her favorite food is tuna sashimi. She also likes
to go the the beach. Her story is based off the documentary, The Cove, which
just won an Oscar and would win your heart if you saw it. So either read her
mystery or go rent the cove....or both.
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