About Kaitlin Payne

Age: 15

Stories by Kaitlin

	Prisoners maintain ties to family By Kaitlin Payne, 14, Johanna Richardson, 14, Danielle Wolowec, 17 A prison shuttle ministry, has allowed Hoosier youth to stay in contact with family members, who are serving prison sentences. “Use What You’ve Got Prison Ministry: Keeping Families Connected," a nonprofit allows families to visit with their dads, uncles, moms, husbands and other relatives.
	Camp to Belong brings scattered siblings together By Kaitlin Payne, 14, Cassyetta Price, 17 He may be a U.S. Marine, but Randy Hubert cherishes the memory of making pillows with his two little sisters at camp. "They're actually kind of cool," he says. On the cushions they scribbled "little girly messages" and then swapped pillows, he says. That way, they had a loving reminder of one another when they went back to their separate homes. Hubert, 26, and his sisters have lived apart most of
	Novel describes summer daze By Kaitlin Payne, 14 Anna Turner's comedic young adult novel, "The Complexities of My Ever-So Shallow Teenage Life: Summer Vacation," tells the story of a Kentucky high-school student who attempts to plan the perfect summer vacation. But it's far from perfect. Instead, Alyson Chakrapani finds out that three friends are going to be gone the whole summer, and her archenemy has recently started dating the love of her lif
	Itch to publish starts young By Kaitlin Payne, 14, Leeann Sausser, 13 What do the books "Frankenstein," "The Outsiders" and "Eragon" have in common? They were all written by teen authors. Mary Shelley wrote the classic horror tale "Frankenstein" at 18; S.E. Hinton wrote the social commentary "The Outsiders" about conflicts between poor and rich kids when she was 16; and beginning at age 15, Christopher Paolini wrote the fantasy, "Eragon," about a teen who becomes a
	Strict or permissive? By Kaitlin Payne, 15, Laura Mangan, 14, Melissa Patterson, 15, Ariana Gainer, 13, Becky Mangan, 13 John Colbert, an Indianapolis father of 10, says it's time parents take charge. "Kids walk over their parents, but I blame that on the parents. The parents aren't being parents.