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7 Featured Works

A Tour of Latin America

“A Tour of Latin America,” the latest project from the Blanca Burgos Bilingual Writers’ Room at the Rafael Hernández School, features stories of places to visit, culture, food, music, and […]

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The Colors of Our Spirits: 826 Boston’s College Essay Anthology by the Class of 2021

The Colors of Our Spirits highlights college essays from the class of 2021. This powerful and poignant collection was written by students from across Boston.

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The Other Side of the Portal

The Other Side of the Portal includes original writing, illustrations, and more by the students of 826 Boston’s Remote After-School Tutoring Program, created both collaboratively and individually.

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We Hope You’ll Visit

We Hope You’ll Visit, written by 50 students from the Lilla G. Frederick Middle School, is a guide to Dorchester’s culturally significant landmarks. In her foreword to the book, Representative […]

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The Native People Know What I’m Talking About

Twenty-one students in the eleventh grade at Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA) wrote this cookbook, The Native People Know What I’m Talking About, in the fall of 2020. The students […]

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New York? Dubai? Jupiter?

New York? Dubai? Jupiter? includes original writing, illustrations, and more by the students of 826 Boston’s After-School and Virtual Tutoring Programs. These pieces were created both in person and at […]

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New and Beautiful Places

In the fall of 2020, fifteen tenth-grade students at Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINcA) wrote New and Beautiful Places, a book of memories and shared experiences. In the words of […]

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