Hello, everyone, I am Dragonfruit and I have been getting Cricket magazine since I was eight. I love Sherlock, Harry Potter and a Series of Unfortunate Events. I really love to read, draw, sing, dance, climb trees and worship koalas. I have been overseas exactly 0 times in my life, but when I grow up I want to travel the world. 

I can't wait to get to know everyone! 

This looks interesting, I'll give it a go.

Hi! I'm St.Owl! You can call me pretty much anything relating to this. Owly, Owl, Owlster, and St. are just a few of the nicknames I've been given. I'm thirteen and in eighth grade. I live in NYC. I have a very smoochie poochie called Bluebell - she's a husky mix and super cute.

I'm an avid reader and writer, like everybody here. I've read Harry Potter through thirteen times. My other favorite is The Book Thief. There are many more, of course, but those are my top two. I watch Doctor Who, Sherlock, Star Trek (I'm on Next Gen right now), Stranger Things, and Supernatural (season 2). My favorite movie is The Princess Bride - and yes, I've read the book too! I also loved Anastasia and the X-Men series. I love rock music; my top bands (in all genres) are The Beatles, Queen, David Bowie, The Head and the Heart, Regina Spektor, The Punch Brothers, Cory Chisel (and the Wandering Sons), Zee Avi, Lindsey Stirling, and U2.

As for hobbies . . . reading and writing, obviously. I also play piano and violin in terms of instruments, and sing occasionally, wth my piano. In sports I play baseball and soccer. I also love hiking. I'm also learning how to draw - I downloaded FireAlpaca and got myself a drawing tablet, and under careful tutelage, I'm getting (slightly) better.

As for magazines. I get Cricket, obviously, and through my school I'm going to start getting Cicada. I used to get Muse, but I think somebody discontinued my subscription (probably because it combined with Oddyssey.) I also still get Spider - I know it's way below my reading level, but it's super cute and I still enjoy it! Aaaand lastly, Stone Soup and National Geographic. Yeah. Lots of magazines.

I think that's it; if you want to ask me more questions (please do) just poke me!

I never actually introduced myself, so here is a good place to do it!

Hi! My name (Not my real name, of course, but what you all know me as) is Pepper Star. The only nickname sort of thing I have on here is Pepper. I live in a smallish town in upstate New York, with my parents and my wonderful puppy, Badger. Where I live gets cold and miserable in the winter, with a big snowstorm in March or April. I am not good with heat. At all. I have a really good friend who goes on here, Blue Smoke, who lives where I do too.

I am pretty introverted and bookish. My favorite activities include running Cross Country, reading, writing, spending time with my puppy, and organizing/interior designing stuff. I seriously love so many books, and the ones I've been focusing on lately are A Tyranny of Petticoats, Midnight at the Electric, Scythe, To Kill A Mockingbird, The True Meaning of Smekday and some comic collections; Calvin and Hobbes, Bloom County, Poncho and The Far Side. I play both violin and french horn, and I am able to slowly, painstakingly able pick out simple tunes on the piano. I am working on learning how to play the fife. Mostly, though, I focus on violin.

I used to get Spider, but now I get Cricket. I switched over mainly because Spider was getting harder to enjoy simply because it was below my age level. My favorite colors are blue and black- I wear a lot of black clothing. Fun Fact: I have two names; one in english and one in chinese. Yep, I'm a quarter chinese.

@St. Owl-What's going on in Spider? How are the bugs? 

Thank you St.!

@Dragonfruit, Badger is a mutt. When we got him DNA tested, it showed that he is something like 30% Boxer and 25% Rat Terrier. The rest is unknown. He is about ten months old at this point. I hope the picture below isn't too blurry- my phone has a pretty terrible camera.