Operation Papaya Sunset
Maya pressed her back against the rough bark of the palm tree, her heart pounding like she'd just finished a 5K. Three feet away, Jason—the cute junior who'd barely acknowledged he...
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Maya pressed her back against the rough bark of the palm tree, her heart pounding like she'd just finished a 5K. Three feet away, Jason—the cute junior who'd barely acknowledged he...
Maya's life was officially over. She checked her reflection in the cafeteria window—huge, neon-green spinach speckled between her front teeth. Of course this would happen the day C...
Maya's thumb moved across her iPhone screen like it had a mind of its own, doom-scrolling through perfectly curated lives while her actual life happened somewhere outside the frame...
The suit smelled like every single sweaty teenager who'd worn it before me, which, according to the label inside, was approximately three hundred and forty-two people. I was offici...
Marcus adjusted his cap, the baseball field lights blinding him as he stepped up to the plate. The entire school was watching—mostly because Chloe, the girl who moved like cat, qui...
Maya clutched her iPhone like a lifeline, thumb hovering over Jake's last text: "this summer's gonna be diff i promise." Yeah, right. The WiFi signal at Camp Nokomo had other plans...
Jordan stared at the baseball mitt gathering dust in his corner. Three years of travel teams, pep talks from his dad about 'building character' through sacrifice, and one devastati...
The bonfire crackled between us, but honestly? My anxiety was crackling louder. I'd spent three hours perfecting this look—curled hair, cute swimsuit under my cover-up—but now tha...
Maya pressed her back against the lockered wall, heart doing that stupid fluttery thing it always did when he walked by. Jason. The guy who'd somehow become the main character of h...
Maya's golden retriever, Buster, had been her emotional support dog since seventh grade, but even Buster couldn't fix what happened at lunch that day. The cafeteria incident had sp...
Leo stood at the edge of the pool, clutching his bucket hat like a lifeline. The fabric was already damp from his nervous palms. All around him, kids from sophomore year were splas...
Maya's hair was supposed to be sun-kissed caramel. Instead, it looked like a pumpkin had exploded on her head. "It's not that bad," Leo said, though his eyes betrayed him. He was ...