Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – Big holidays like Christmas offer their own set of challenges to the...
Author - McKenzie Andersen
This is an interactive map that shows you where YJI students have written stories over the years. You can zoom in or out of the world map to explore all of them in detail. [Note: If you’re seeing this on an author page, you will only see stories by a particular student.]
‘The Swimmers’ dives deep into the dangers faced by...
Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – One of the hardest things to get right in movies based on a true story is...
Remembering Lois Carter, whose U.S. Supreme Court case gave me a...
Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – Lois Carter, a plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court disability...
‘The world is not made for me’ Disabled youth face...
Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – You would think that time has advanced and society should be more...
Albany, Oregon: family fun and a beautiful historic carousel
Albany, Oregon, U.S.A. – My hometown of Albany, Oregon, is a place full of history, fun things for...
Mahsa Amini should not have died
Albany, OREGON , USA — Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman died last week after being taken...
Unstoppable fun at Comic-Con
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. – Rose City Comic-Con is a great event. The author with actor Khary Payton...
Up close and personal with wild animals
Winston, Oregon, U.S.A. – The Wildlife Safari is joyfully amazing and entertaining. The Wildlife...