1/2 ------------------------------------------------ Kara. Marianna. Aaron. Emerson. Jonah. Trevor. Lily. Ms. Lewis. This is a story about unfortunate children with unfortunate problems, a special teacher to help them through it, and a clueless bystander who learns to shed her ignorance and see through the veil of pain that many of these kids dawn every day. ------------------------------------------------ This is a project I'm working on for my English class in school. It's called the 20time project. My teacher, an amazing woman, was inspired to do this project after learning about it after attending a sort of convention called Google Summit I believe. Basically, we are dedicating 20% of our time (not including after school hours) to work on a project of our choosing to somehow better the society in which we live. I chose to write a book. I thought it would be in my best interest to share.

Lyson Brown is a boy. But the boy is not Lyson Brown. Lyson Brown is a stolen name. Lyson Brown is a stolen life. Wintergreen, Ohio is a stolen town. The boy is not Lyson Brown. So who is he?

Immature and amateur poetry, my apologies in advance.

Alex Lee is an average teenage boy. Attends school, has friends. Pretty damn boring. That is until Nicole comes into play. The ever-interesting, spontaneous, and beautiful girl captures the boy's heart. But there's a creature lurking in the dark. It's name is Reality. You see, Alex has never really met Nicole. He's just seen glimpses- wonderful, fantastical glimpses. Which leaves him wondering: who is she? Is she even real?