I am the tallest one in my class.
All of my friends are shorter than me.
I don’t fit in that well.
My friends still like me.
My mom always tells me
ONE DAY
they will be as tall as you.
My best friend who doesn’t go to school is as tall as me.
But she says she is not the tallest of the girls.
My friends still like me the way I am,
and that’s all that matters.

Emma Young
Sarasota, Florida
Age 11