The Sisters Academy camp matched me with Tamia, an energetic seventh grader with a wonderful imagination. On the first day of camp, Tamia told me that she was trying to find her inner dragon. When I asked her what she meant, sh...

  It was the first word he said to me as he slipped his small, dark hand into mine. It only took four syllables, but he turned my world inside out. With the hand that was not holding my own, he gently let two fingers brush...