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Rookie is an online magazine and book series for teenagers. Each month, a different editorial theme drives the writing, photography, and artwork that we publish. Learn more about us here, and find out how to submit your work here!
Things get really confusing when you take someone’s internet activity as some sort of cryptic message instead of having an actual conversation. —Lola
I can no longer find the proper words to express how I feel to loved ones. Read More »
“I can look at a single spectrum of a galaxy,” I tell them, “and estimate—even by eye—how fast it’s rotating and how bright it appears to us.” Read More »