About Arielle Johnson

Age: 13
Stuff that you can’t find out by looking at my picture up there: I have a slobbery dog named Zeke. He eats, sleeps, and chews things up. I live with two little brothers I am originally from St. Louis.

Interests: I play the piano and sing. I knit, crochet, and bead. My favorite sport is ultimate Frisbee. I like to write.

Favorite Food: sushi
Favorite YPress Story: Young playwrights

Stories by Arielle

When good isn't enough

By Peter Akinola, 14, Arielle Johnson, 13

Anneliese Toumey wanted to make a milk carton look like artwork by Edward Hopper for a class project at Sycamore School. After her research, she decided to draw pictures on the carton in the famous artist’s style. But the eighth grader got frustrated when she couldn’t draw the pictures well – even though Hopper is considered one of the best realist artists of the 20th century.

Rebecca is intriguing and entertaining

By Arielle Johnson, 13

Rebecca is about an orphan (played by Joan Fontaine) who falls in love with the wealthy Maxim de Winter (played by Laurence Olivier) while she is traveling as a ladies’ companion. (A ladies companion is paid to provide company for a wealthy woman). She marries Maxim and they return to his home. But the new Mrs. de Winter finds herself being constantly compared with Rebecca, Maxim’s late wife who recently perished in a “boating accident.” This movie was exciting and suspenseful without being too violent or scary, with good acting all around.