This collection of stories where developed by two classes of grade 9 English students in a gifted program at Mt Douglas Secondary School, in Victoria, BC.
Eva Markvoort
By: Aidan from Victoria
"I can't breathe, every hour, once an hour, I can't breathe. Something has to change"
Mark Ashfield
By: Alexander from Canada
Emma Watson
By: Alecia from Victoria
Ian Somerhalder
By: Sarah from Victoria
Charles Francis Feeney
By: Gahwi from Victoria
Charles Francis Feeney is a generous businessman who founded the Atlantic Philanthropies.
George Lucas
By: Daniel from Victoria BC
Alexis Goggins
By: Maya from Victoria
Jeneece Edroff
By: Ally from Victoria
Jeneece Edroff
is a determined fundraiser who raises money to help children with serious illnesses.
Lin Hao
By: Emily from Victoria
Spencer West
By: Sophie from Victoria
Spencer West
is a motivational speaker who overcame amputation from a genetic disorder and still inspires others.
Yuri Gagarin
By: Gleb from Victoria
"Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!"
Johannes Kepler
was a German astronomer known for his laws of planetary motion.
Sir Frederick Banting
By: Andy from Victoria
"Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates, so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life."
Rosa Parks
By: Sasha from Victoria
1913 - 2005
Jesse William Lazear
By: Felix from Victoria
Jesse William Lazear
confirmed Carlos Finlay hypothesis that mosquitos transmitted yellow fever.