AUTHORS:

St. Angela Catholic School - Toronto, Ontario

Mrs. S. Charal's Grade 6 Class:

Mitchelle Agbonifo Cecilia Mensah-Aikins Maya Aram

Joseph Beniamen Rahnicka D.Buchanan Justin S.Carrera

Noor Esttaifo Emmanuella E. Ezekwu Andre Fransis

Jariel J. Garcia Lakoya A.Henry Celeste Sabu

Diana Kais Yousif Khoshaba William Onyonka

Rolando McDonald Aaliyah Meza David Omobhude

Danyella Moving Mishel Namrood KC Okunsoyien

Esther Amarachi Onyekachi Daniela Oteng Narmin Shamoeay

Sumie Lucette Trikha Jayden D.Venegas-Clague

AUTHORS:

Wilberforce Public School - Lucan, Ontario

Ms. Lloyd & Ms. Lindenfield's Grade 2 Class:

Easton Bell Madison Bond Chloe Brass

Evan Conn Zoe Dillon Dallas Feagan

Lucas Gillard Stella Hardy Harris Jackson Hardy Aiden Hodgson Abigail Hundey Issac Klassen

Mackenzie Leppington Leaha Maguire Devyn Martens

Lilian McLean Emma O'Neil Logan Parsons

Jacob Paterack Landon Salomons

AUTHORS:

Charles R. Beaudoin Public School - Burlington, Ontario

Ms. Stacey Bojeskis' Grade 5/6 Class:

Cade Colley Teague Carusone Chan

AUTHORS:

Charles R. Beaudoin Public School - Burlington, Ontario

Ms. Michelle McKenzie's Grade 5 Class:

Kai Coleman Paisley Pratt Josh Klinck

Nathaniel Donaldson Royce Basnet Christian Wilson

Theo Antoniu Thomas Juby Douglas Juby

Helen Zhang Malcolm Peeters Keegan Brudnjak Tenten Mavima Beata Taysen Victory

Seth Huffman-Ferris Trevor Goff

Illustrators:

Nelles Public School - Grimsby, Ontario

Ms. Heidi Holloways' Grade 1 Class:

Luke Andrewes Will Andrewes Miles Avery

Mac Day Austin Dreyer Gavin Fraser

Andy Galan Liv Grice Ella Higginson

Ryder Hughes Michael Kovacs Alexandra McNeil

Bentley Powell-Taylor Vivian Raab Brooklyn Robb

Emerson Rutledge Ryder Savage Ethan Vanderburgh

Joshua Veerman Emerson Vernon

In a solar system known as X2-b there was a small purple planet only slightly bigger than Earth’s moon. The name of this planet is Dezòd. One side of Dezòd was scorching hot. The other freezing cold. The gravity’s pull was extremely strong. It felt like wearing shoes made of cement. The planet is uninhabitable except for the border between the two sides. Hot and cold. There are no seasons on this chaotic planet. The air is like fire but it is breathable.

Dezòd has four moons and two orbiting suns. It is exceedingly far from any other planet. Though it is near a small asteroid belt. Asteroids regularly pound its surface. Trees and plants are a rarity and the ones there are, are remarkably small. On Dezòd there was a terrible crash. A space shuttle had struck its surface. Aliens watched the shuttle, quite puzzled by it.

For they were a species of aliens called Zolos, who had managed to survive under these harsh conditions for thousands of years, guided by their peaceful, inspirational leader, King Martin. The Zolos had been carefully planting precious seeds, but now stood quietly staring at the space ship fearing for their lives. Suddenly, an enormous, silvery asteroid hurled itself against the purple exterior of the planet, narrowly missing the ship.