... look around me and I just see a narrow walkway in front of me. "Hello?" I scream. All I hear back is my echo. I look in the backpack again and I find a map. I open it up and It looks like a maze. Where am I? I stand up and I feel a throbbing pain going straight to my right ankle. It hurts to stand on it so ... in front of me. In big letters, I read HUNGER written on that wall. I look to my left and the wall that was there is now gone. I pull the map out, it looks different. It has changed. I notice the red dot is in front of the word "Hunger" and I figured out that the red dot is me....

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... out into the hallways. Since classes were shorter, there wasn't a break between 2nd and 3rd period like in our last school. I, being a somewhat know-it-all, had thrown away our map of the campus thinking I could commit everything to memory. Heidi and I ended up lost. We walked around for what seemed like ages, and ended up in the theatre. Inside the ... building, a campus map was displayed. It turns out that our next class, held in the ballroom, was on the other side of school. Wow. Way to go Amara, this is going to be ... ...

• Word Count: 2052
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... didn't look. She peered her eyes up to see where she was headed, only a few eyes were still lingering her way. She looked up at the street signs and noticed a map at a bus stop. She walked over to it and noticed a mall about two blocks away. A mother and child were seated on a bench at the bus stop waiting for the bus ... ...

• Word Count: 1577
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School