PRAYIN' for PEACE

with contributions from AQUENE REED, PATRICK ESSOBO, GABRIELE STRAAB, NATHAN MILLINGTON

BY AQUENE REED
Weston, Massachusetts

My grandmother found the name Aquene in a book about the Wampanoag Indians, and that's what my mother named me. The word means peace in Wampanoag. I love my name—I've always loved unique names. On the first day of school, no one can ever pronounce it!

It's not always easy for me to live up to that name, though. A couple of years ago at summer camp, the girls in my cabin thought a couple of other girls were ganging up on the rest of us and weren't being very nice. I wasn't sure what to do. I just kind of let the unhappiness go on, and it built up. There were times when I spun out of control and just cried.

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