The dragon lady and the ponytail planet / Laura Leigh Hancock -- Not if, when / Carol Vivian Spaulding -- Placing protection / David Anthony Dobbs -- World War II picture / Tina Marie Conway -- Midway / Young William Smith, Jr. -- Light in my pocket / Marty Leslie Levine -- Driving with Mimi / Renée Manfredi -- Watching for coyotes / Linda Miller -- Coming of age / Rebecca Ann Jorns -- Ash / Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Skim milk / Ellen Kanner -- Dry ice / Cary Catharine Holladay.