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OHS Observer

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OHS Observer

The cover of Down to Business by Fenley Scurlock and Jason Liaw. (Random House)

Down To Business: A Writing Venture

Susie Yang, Staff Writer May 28, 2024

“You have a start-up idea but ... where do you go from there?” This is the question that Down to Business seeks to answer for young and aspiring entrepreneurs eager to explore the exciting world of...

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Above are the covers of Vuong’s two poetry collections, Night Sky With Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother. The yellowed page in the former features the young poet in the center, with his mother and aunt at a refugee camp. (Jonathan Cape)

Ocean Vuong Has Influenced a Generation of Diasporic Poets. And For Good Reason.

Rishi Janakiraman, Staff Writer April 25, 2024

“If we make it to shore, he says, I will name our son after this water. I will learn to love a monster. He smiles. A white hyphen where his lips should be. There are seagulls above us. There are hands...

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A table at Barnes & Noble dedicated to #BookTok.

BookTok: Is it Harmful?

Kara Lee, Associate Editor May 5, 2023

Gone are my days of desperate attempts to squeeze out book recommendations from classmates and teachers. So are my frequent visits to my local library to attend the monthly book club. None of that is necessary...

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"Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. I loved every second.”

What are OHSers Reading? Edition 5

Kaveri Udupa, Staff Writer December 11, 2022

Edition five of book recommendations from students, compiled by grade. Have a suggestion? Submit here: 7th Grade Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston "Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously...

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Madeline Miller's two books side by side—contrasting colors but similar silhouettes.

On the Outskirts of an Epic: Why We Are drawn to Madeline Miller’s Vivid Reimaginings of Ancient Myths

Kate North, Editor-in-Chief November 4, 2022

“Rage—goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles, / Murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, / hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls.” So go the first...

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ThePursuitOfMsHeartbreakHotel

What Are OHSers Reading? 4th Edition

Kaveri Udupa, Staff Writer October 28, 2022

Edition four of book recommendations from students, compiled by grade. Have a suggestion? Submit here:   7th Grade The Pursuit Of Miss Heartbreak Hotel by Moe Bonneau  "Intimate and raw, The...

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Keeper of the Lost Cities book cover.

What Are OHSers Reading? 3rd edition

Kaveri Udupa, Staff Writer October 2, 2022

Edition Three of book recommendations from students, compiled by grade. Have a suggestion? Submit here:   7th Grade Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger “In this page-turning debut,...

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What Are OHSers Reading? 2nd Edition

What Are OHSers Reading? 2nd Edition

Kaveri Udupa, Staff Writer April 11, 2022

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What Are OHSers Reading?

What Are OHSers Reading?

Kaveri Udupa, Staff Writer March 17, 2022

Book recommendations from each level--shown in order from 7th to 12th grade. Happy reading! Screen Shot 2022-03-17 at 14.57.31the-school-for-good-and-evilScreen Shot 2022-03-17 at 15.05.5581PvdrKD+6LScreen...

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Nijhuis with Eugenia Velásquez Orozco in the Guatemalan highlands—one of the places where she was “struck by the power of what’s called ‘community-led conservation,’ in which individual communities take on responsibility for the wildlife around them and they have a lot of power in managing that wildlife.”

Conservation Through Storytelling: Michelle Nijhuis’s Field Guide

Kate North, Editor-in-Chief February 25, 2022

“We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” — Aldo Leopold Many worry about...

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Beasts and Beauty,  written by Soman Chainani and illustrated by Julia Iredale, is published by Harper Collins.

Good and Evil in Fairy Tales: Beasts and Beauty

Kate North, Editor-in-Chief January 5, 2022

We think that growing up means that we have to let go of fairy tales, but what happens when the stories grow up with us? Fairy tales “aren’t just Western- European canon,” says Soman Chainani,...

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Author Soman Chainani of "The School for Good and Evil" series talks about how his books question the nature of Good and Evil.

How Author Soman Chainani’s Books Question the Nature of Good and Evil

Clementine Zei, Junior Multimedia Editor April 7, 2021

Soman Chainani, author of The School For Good and Evil series, didn’t think he would become a writer at first. He thought that he would become a professional tennis player. However, when Chainani was...

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