Brianna Starks
Current Age: 15School: Home-Schooled
Grade: 10
Hey everybody! My name is Brianna A Starks and I'm currently a 15 year old sophmore. I LOVE *music*, (everything but reggae, classical, and most country...blah...) animals, kids, and socializing. My career goal is to be a journalist then newscaster and finally *talk show host*, (Step aside Oprah....here I come) so Y-Press is helping me achieve my goals! (Don't worry, I'll try to remember you when I become rich and famous...lol) ;)
Interests: My interests include: Animals, Kids, Books, and music! I ALSO LOVE Y-PRESS! :D
Hobbies: My hobbies are: Listening to and writing music, Reading, Writing, Socializing, Talking ;), Shopping!
Favorite Color: Purple and/or Red
Favorite Book(s): Tamar!!!!!!!!
Favorite Movie(s): Pirates of the Caribbean (#1), Boy in striped Pajamas :(, Akeelah and the Bee, The Prince of Egypt
Favorite Food: Macaroni Pasta Bake :)
Stories by Brianna
City Stories 2010
By Madison DaBreo, 13, Brianna Starks, 15, Carmela Verderame, 10, Shayan Ahmad, 16, Min Qiao, 18, Danielle Hensley, 14, Warren Stokes, 19, Victoria Kreyden, 15, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 15, Keenen Brannon, 16, Pete Shirley, 16
By Madison DaBreo, 13, Brianna Starks, 15, Carmela Verderame, 10, Shayan Ahmad, 16, Min Qiao, 18, Danielle Hensley, 14, Warren Stokes, 19, Victoria Kreyden, 15, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 15, Keenen Brannon, 16, Pete Shirley, 16
EYEsee
By Brianna Starks, 15, Danielle Hensley, 14
By Brianna Starks, 15, Danielle Hensley, 14
Before 2008, Janice Guzon never gave a second thought to good eyesight. Thumbing through magazines while doing research in the library that summer, she noticed that few people from Third World countries wore eyeglasses. She just assumed that they all had really good vision, unlike her.
Class of 2010
By Leeann Sausser, 16, Sarah Panfil, 14, Brianna Starks, 14
By Leeann Sausser, 16, Sarah Panfil, 14, Brianna Starks, 14
As the last traditional year of schooling comes to an end, many seniors rejoice. No more seemingly endless hours of classes, nasty cafeteria food or annoying underclassmen to deal with …unless they’re going to college, that is.
Hanging with besties and pinching fashion...
By Brianna Starks, 14, Shaimelle Harris, 14
By Brianna Starks, 14, Shaimelle Harris, 14
Once you start doing something fun, it’s hard to stop, whether it’s reading a fantastic book, watching an awesome movie … or pinching clothes from retail stores.
Youthville
By Carmela Verderame, 10, Rachel Gardner, 15, Brianna Starks, 14
By Carmela Verderame, 10, Rachel Gardner, 15, Brianna Starks, 14
As adolescents walk into YouthVille Detroit, they enter a place where staff members not only know their names, but their backgrounds and life goals as well.
We Care Act
By Brianna Starks, 14, Priya Mirmira, 13, Charlie Osborne, 14
By Brianna Starks, 14, Priya Mirmira, 13, Charlie Osborne, 14
On May 12, 2008, a deadly earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 struck Sichuan, China. Horrified, the Li siblings of Pearland, Texas, knew they had to do something for the victims.
Birth order
By Maggie Fikes, 17, Brianna Starks, 14, Shaimelle Harris, 14, Madison DaBreo, 13
By Maggie Fikes, 17, Brianna Starks, 14, Shaimelle Harris, 14, Madison DaBreo, 13
Firstborns rule. They’re conscientious and driven. They like to be in positions of authority, so they often become lawyers, engineers and astronauts.
The cat that killed a man
By Brianna Starks, 14
By Brianna Starks, 14
Travel back 1250 b.c. to the ancient land of Egypt. What do you envision? The hundreds of gods that filled the land? Pyramids, mummies and tombs? Maybe so.