The Summer Everything Fell Apart
Maya sat on the edge of the pool, legs dangling in the water, staring at her iPhone like it might suddenly reveal the meaning of life. The screen showed five unread texts from Sier...
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Maya sat on the edge of the pool, legs dangling in the water, staring at her iPhone like it might suddenly reveal the meaning of life. The screen showed five unread texts from Sier...
Lily loved the old palm tree at the end of her street. Its trunk was twisted like a licorice rope, and its green fronds waved hello even when there was no wind. Every afternoon aft...
Emma watched the goldfish circle its bowl for the forty-third time that morning, its orange scales catching the light as it executed another perfect, meaningless loop. Like her, it...
Maya swirled her wine, watching the orange sunset bleed into the Pacific. She'd convinced herself this trip would fix everything—that ten days in Costa Rica could restore what five...
Lily's golden retriever, Buster, was running in circles around the backyard when something extraordinary happened. The air shimmered like glitter, and suddenly, a magnificent creat...
Emma was fast asleep when she heard a soft scratching at her window. When she peeked through her curtains, she saw something magical—her orange tabby cat, Oliver, was wearing a tin...
The first day of sophomore year, I almost didn't get out of bed. My hair was a disaster — I'd tried to dye it midnight blue over the weekend, but it turned out more like bruised pu...
Maya's hair hung in her face—definitely not the sleek ponytail that the popular girls wore like a uniform. She'd spent weeks being basically a spy, watching how they moved, how the...
Lily had moved to a new house and felt very lonely. She missed her old friends and didn't know anyone in her neighborhood. One afternoon, while wandering through the woods behind h...
Maya dragged herself to the pool deck at 5:45 AM, feeling like the walking dead. Two weeks of summer swim practice and she was permanently operating in zombie mode—her eyes glazed,...
Maya's bathroom counter looked like a supplement store explosion. Vitamin C gummies, biotin pills, and some gross green powder her mom swore would make her skin glow—all lined up l...
The palm trees swayed like they were mocking me. Seriously, even the landscape was judging my awkwardness. "You coming?" Marcus called from the padel court, sweat already staining...