Pine Creek High School valedictorian Emma Luu has always been fascinated by stories about overlooked moments and lives. In childhood, she lovingly chronicled the lives of the bugs and insects in her family’s garden, beginning a lifelong passion for journalism.  “Bug writing is captivating, but two-legged subjects were an entirely new thrill,” Luu said.  Luu became a student journalist for  Best Version Media, the LA Times High School Insider,  and the  School of the New York Times , devoting herself not only to identifying stories that merited space but also those that would draw in high readership.    When the small non-profit organization, Imprints of Honor, reached out to Luu to write up the story of a World War II veteran for their next book, she hesitated.…