Hello loyal readers,This week's edition of The
Tattoo<http://www.readthetattoo.com> features
a variety of pieces -- a talk with a space shuttle pilot, a review of "The
Reader" and a look at the colorful Hindu holiday of Navarathri.
Youth Journalism Internationa <http://www.youthjournalism.org>l newcomer
Francis Byne, a Connecticut seventh grader, talked to a NASA astronaut about
what it's like to blast off into space and to see the world from the
heavens. He also has a first-person reporter's notebook.
Caroline Nelissen,a Youth Journalism International reporter who lives in the
Netherlands, chips in a spendid review of "The Reader," just in time for the
DVD release of the movie.
And from India, YJI reporter Janani Ramachandran provides a glimpse into the
Hindu holiday of Navarathri, her favorite.

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