Signal Lost in the Outfield
Jordan's iphone buzzed against the dugout bench—third snap from Maya in ten minutes. She was at Tyler's party, the one Jordan wasn't invited to because she had baseball practice. A...
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Jordan's iphone buzzed against the dugout bench—third snap from Maya in ten minutes. She was at Tyler's party, the one Jordan wasn't invited to because she had baseball practice. A...
The orange swimsuit had seemed like a good idea at Target, but now, standing at the edge of Jessica's pool party, Maya felt like a traffic cone. Everyone else looked like they'd st...
Maya's palms were sweating. Like, actually sweating-through-her-little-black-dress sweating. Jordan's party was already lit when she arrived — bass thumping through the walls, peop...
Marcus had been in Florida for exactly three hours when his cousin dragged him to help at the family's fruit stand. "It's character building," Tía Rosa promised, but Marcus suspect...
Marcus stood at the edge of the **pool**, clutching his red solo cup like it was a lifeline. The **water** rippled with movement — bodies splashing, laughter echoing off the backya...
Maya stood at the plate, the baseball bat feeling heavier than it should. This was it—freshman year, varsity tryouts, and her stomach was doing that thing where it felt like a swar...
My hair wasn't supposed to be orange. It was supposed to be sunset copper, Instagram-worthy, the kind of color that says "I'm artistic but approachable." Instead, I look like a tra...
Maya's mom had gone through a health phase. Again. This time: spinach smoothies every morning. "It's packed with iron!" her mom chirped, sliding a sludgy green glass across the co...
Maya sat on the edge of her bed, staring at the racquet she'd borrowed from Jake. Padel. Apparently it was the only thing anyone talked about at Northwood High since Coach Martinez...
The first day of tenth grade, I got spinach stuck in my braces during lunch. Of course. Just universe timing, right? I was the new kid at Northwood High, trying not to look like a...
Maya felt like a total spy, infiltrating the enemy territory known as Roosevelt High. Three weeks in, still no friends, still eating lunch in the library like a loser. Her phone bu...
Zara's palms were sweating literally everywhere. Standing behind the counter at GreenSqueeze, she smoothed her hands on her apron for the hundredth time. "You good, Z?" Marcus whi...