Author Archives: Carie Juettner

15 Signs It’s the Last Month of School

Your lesson plans all say “Work on project? Or something?” Every single glue stick is empty. No one’s even calling the copier repairman anymore, and people have started storing snacks in the paper trays. Every day is a jeans day. No one really gave permission, it just happened. The things you pack for lunch haveContinue reading “15 Signs It’s the Last Month of School”

Nowhere and Everywhere

I used to wonder where writers got their ideas. I read Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine and tried to imagine where he came up with the story of Bill Forrester and Helen Loomis and the dish of lime-vanilla ice. I read To Kill a Mockingbird and speculated about the character of Boo Radley. Where in HarperContinue reading “Nowhere and Everywhere”