Poolside Sphinx
Maya's stomach did backflips as she stood at the edge of the pool. The annual end-of-summer party. The one where everyone who was anyone showed up in their best swimsuits, pretendi...
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Maya's stomach did backflips as she stood at the edge of the pool. The annual end-of-summer party. The one where everyone who was anyone showed up in their best swimsuits, pretendi...
I felt like a straight-up zombie. Junior year had me operating on two hours of sleep and caffeine, and somehow Maya thought dragging me to Tyler's pool party was a good idea. "Yo...
The **baseball** cap in my hands was basically disintegrating from how nervous I was. I'd been twisting the brim for twenty minutes while everyone else was already in the Carter's ...
Maya's notification ping echoed through the seventh period bathroom stall. The **iPhone** screen glowed with another unseen message from the group chat she'd been left out of for t...
The social pyramid at Ridgemont High had Maya at the bottom and Skylar—the most popular girl in sophomore class—right at the tippy-top. Which is why Maya couldn't believe her luck ...
Marcus's iPhone buzzed in his pocket as he leaned against the fence of the county fair, trying to look like he belonged. Across the ring, Jasmine—the girl who sat three rows ahead ...
Maya stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror, running a hand through her frizzy, unmanageable hair. It was picture day at Oak Creek High, and naturally, her hair had decide...
Maya's hair had a mind of its own. That's what her mom always said, but Maya suspected it was actually plotting against her. Specifically, it was planning its revenge for the chlor...
Maya stared into the mirror, fingers attacking a single piece of frizzy **hair** that refused to cooperate with her curling iron. The spring formal was in three hours, and her hair...
My life officially became a low-budget spy thriller the day I accidentally liked a photo from 2017. "You're basically creeping at expert level," Maya said, peering over my should...
Maya stood at the edge of the padel court, gripping the rental racquet like it might save her from impending doom. The summer party hummed around her—people she'd known since kinde...
Maya's palms were sweating so much her phone kept slipping from her grip. Homecoming court announcement in five minutes, and she was about to do something incredibly stupid or incr...