The Pyramid Scheme
Maya had spent two years at Northwood High existing comfortably at the bottom of the social pyramid. Invisible. Safe. That was until Jordan Rivera's legendary pool party invitation...
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Maya had spent two years at Northwood High existing comfortably at the bottom of the social pyramid. Invisible. Safe. That was until Jordan Rivera's legendary pool party invitation...
Summer at the country club pool wasn't exactly where I wanted to be, but it beat sitting at home doomscrolling on my iPhone all day. I worked the snack bar, watching Maya crush it ...
Maya gripped her pool bag like it contained state secrets. In a way, it kind of did—inside sat the bikini she'd spent forty-five minutes psyching herself up to wear. The Instagram ...
The sphinx cat stared at me with wrinkly, alien eyes. I stared back, my soul basically leaving my body. "That's Cornflake," said Chloe, the girl I'd been trying to impress since S...
The orange hair dye wasn't supposed to turn out this neon. Like, at all. Kayla stared at her reflection, copper fire alarm vibes screaming back at her. Her mom was gonna lose it, ...
Maya's hands shook as she adjusted the strap of her swimsuit, her freshly straightened hair frizzing in the July humidity. The Apple invitation on her iPhone screen had seemed so i...
The first day of sophomore year, I made the mistake of wearing my dad's old baseball hat to school. Rookie error. The hat wasn't even cool-retro. It was just retro-retro, like some...
My stomach did backflips as I sat across from Fox—the nickname everyone gave Marco because of that sly grin and his rust-orange hair. He was leaning against the palm tree in Maya's...
The carnival air smelled like popcorn desperation and cheap glitter. Maya stood by the goldfish booth, clutching a plastic bag that contained one very confused fish. Its name was C...
Marcus's chest felt like a bear was sitting on it. Heavy. Suffocating. He adjusted his varsity jacket for the tenth time, checking his reflection in the bathroom mirror. The Fox ni...
Maya pressed her back against the cold brick wall outside Valley High, clutching her phone like a lifeline. Being the new girl sucked, but being the new girl who'd already accident...
Maya's first week at Northwood High felt like walking through a maze with no exit. Everyone already had their circles — the theater kids, the gamers, the athletes who wore their va...