Strangetown Observer - Winter 2008 Issue
Buzz Grunt
Jill Smith
Jill Smith
For half a decade, the military has manipulated our newspapers to promote its own agenda. Just because my father is not a naturally born citizen of Mandala, just because my father and half of my relatives look different, our lives were placed under surveillance, our privacy invaded, without our consent. Even though I look no different from the other kids in school, the back of my ears still burned with pure embarrassment while reading what other people wrote about my family on the Strangetown Observer. When my parents adopted Gabriella, for many nights, I had a series of dreams where Gabriella had her back against me, talking badly of my family to random people I have never met.
