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\ud83c\udfc6 2021 BIBA\u00ae Children\u2019s Middle Grade\/Tween Winner! –<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are all given a space in life to fill, a roaring emptiness in time\u2026 and it\u2019s how you choose to fill that void, that will determine the difference in becoming a man or a legend<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what my father said to me a few years ago before he walked out on Mom, Emily, and me. If I would have had any sense back then, I would have asked him exactly what that meant.<\/p>\n

Instead, I\u2019m out here learning it the hard way \u2013 dodging bullets and bombs while America is at war \u2013 my friends fighting back with all we have, while trying to keep these orphaned children safe and our dreams alive.<\/p>\n

They call us The Risers. Well, okay\u2026 so we call ourselves \u201cThe Risers.\u201d But either way, we\u2019re out here doing everything we can just to survive and rise up from our nation\u2019s ashes with honor, integrity, and justice.<\/p>\n

Now, with smoky memories of a lost childhood, and the horrible, lingering, cardboard taste of MRE crackers (still left over from living in Dad\u2019s bomb shelter), my mini army and me march forward, taking back what was once taken for granted.<\/p>\n

But to be honest, I\u2019m really just out here winging it. Wish me luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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