Alaska May's Incredible Journey
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MAY 12, 1958
MY NAME IS ALASKA MAY AND I AM 12 YEARS OLD. I GOT MY NAME BECAUSE I WAS BORN IN ALASKA IN THE MONTH OF MAY. MY FAMILY ARE ESKIMOS AND WE LIVE IN TOLKETNA, ALASKA. IT WAS A NORMAL DAY UNTIL ALL THE ANIMALS WERE GONE AND IT SEEMED TO SNOW MORE. THE RADIO CHANNEL SAID THERE WAS GOING TO BE A BLIZZARD SO PACK UP FOOD AND SUPPLIES. NOBODY BELIEVED IT BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN SAYING THAT FOR YEARS. THE DAY IT HAPPENED EVERYBODY WAS OUTSIDE BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING THE SLED DOG RACE FROM ANCHORAGE TO NOME. WHEN IT HIT EVERYTHING WAS QUIET.
MAY 13, 1958
I WOKE UP TO A HORRIBLE BLIZZARD. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED. I RAN AROUND THE HOUSE WONDERING WHERE MY MOTHER WAS AND HOPING SHE WAS ALRIGHT. I COULDN'T GET OUT THE FRONT DOOR BECAUSE THE SNOW WAS SO DEEP, SO I CLIMBED OUT THE TOP WINDOW OF MY HOUSE. WHEN I GOT OUT NO ONE WAS IN SIGHT AND THERE WAS NO NOISE, JUST AN EERIE NOTHING..........
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IT WAS A PERFECT DAY IN TOLKETNA, ALASKA UNTIL THE BLIZZARD CAME.
NOBODY BELIEVED IT. WHEN A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL'S MOTHER GETS LOST IN THE BLIZZARD CAN ALASKA MAY HELP HER MOM OR WILL SHE GET LOST TOO ?
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ALYSSA J. PAYNE LIVES IN SOUTHERN, INDIANA WITH HER PARENTS MICHAEL & MELISSA PAYNE , HER OLDER BROTHER JOSH AND HER THREE DOGS, ALI, AUBRIE, & JODIE. SHE IS A 13 YEAR OLD 7TH GRADE STUDENT. SHE WAS A PUBLISHED POET AT THE AGE OF 11 YEARS OLD, BEING CHOSEN BY HER 5TH GRADE TEACHER ON HER POEM TITLED "SPRING". IT WAS THEN PUBLISHED IN THE "TEACHER'S SELECTION: ANTHOLOGY OF FIFTH GRADE POETRY. SHE RECENTLY HAD FIVE POEMS PUBLISHED . THEY WERE TITLED "MOMMY, " "NANA", "MY KITTEN", "WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEONE", AND "THE WAR WITHIN", WINNING THE EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD FOR "MOMMY". SHE ALSO RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF POETS AND WAS CHOSEN FOR THE EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD IN JUNE, 2006 FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY PRESENTED BY POETRY.COM AND THE INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF POETS. ALYSSA IS A MEMBER OF "THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF POETS"." ALASKA MAY'S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY" WAS WRITTEN WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND IS HER FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK.