The Night I Came Alive
I felt like a walking zombie, three days into finals week with barely twelve hours of sleep total. My eyes burned as I trudged toward the baseball field where everyone from school ...
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I felt like a walking zombie, three days into finals week with barely twelve hours of sleep total. My eyes burned as I trudged toward the baseball field where everyone from school ...
Lena's cat, Barnaby, sat by the window like he knew something she didn't. That was her first clue something huge was about to happen at Madison's pool party. "You're going, right?...
The orange apron was two sizes too big, but Maya wore it like armor. Her first day at Island Breeze Juice Bar, and she'd already managed to spray herself with turmeric-ginger shot....
Maya's **goldfish**, Bubbles, stared at her through the glass with that judgmental look he always had when she was overthinking everything. "You don't understand," she told him, p...
The pool shimmered like a giant blue invitation, and I was officially the only fifteen-year-old in America who couldn't accept it. "You coming in?" Jordan asked, flicking water at...
Maya's palms were sweating — like, actually dripping — which was gross but also completely justified. She was about to accidentally-on-purpose run into Javier at the community pool...
Maya gripped the **orange** plastic cup until her knuckles turned the same shade. First actual high school party, and she was already calculating exit strategies. "You good?" Kai ...
I wasn't actually a spy, but my sister Maya swore I was. "You're always lurking, Maya hissed, giving me that side-eye that could curdle milk. "Just lurking in doorways, being weird...
The papaya sat on the cafeteria table like an alien artifact, bright orange and strangely freckled. I poked it with my plastic fork. "Dude, just try it," Jordan said, scrolling th...
Maya's orange streak in her hair felt like a target. First day at Oak Creek Academy, and she'd already managed to stand out in the worst way. "Hey Fireball," some guy called from ...
The chlorine hit me before I even stepped through the gate. Jenna's pool party — the social event of the summer, and somehow, I'd actually been invited. I adjusted my dad's oversiz...
Jordan's phone had been dead for three hours when she realized something terrifying: she was actually having fun. Camp Wawona wasn't supposed to be fun. It was where her parents s...