ALONE, I SONDER is a collection of poetry, short stories, and excerpts written by high school students from Sumner Academy and beyond. The word "sonder," as defined by the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, is the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. "Write not just to write, write to express the dreams that will come true, the feelings that have never been heard, or as a voice to soft to speak" - Makayla Booker