This is a compilation of different stories from different African youths. All basically facing the same struggle, but in their own unique fashions- the struggle of significance and acceptance in a typical African community. They each share their own individual stories of the obstacles an average African youth faces; both the expected and unexpected strifes. We lunge into the tender, desperate minds that is of these young adults, following them on the cumbersome journey that is life as they each face their own individual, yet alike, discombobulations. Their different confusions and struggles is what unites them all. This is Chicken Soup for the African Youth's Soul, for every African youth who has ever felt as confused as a Chameleon stuck in a pack of Skittles.

A collection of thoughts not brave enough to be said out loud but too strong to be left lying around in the head. Emotions seemingly improbable but definitely true. A story told through memories and poetry.We're drawing in deep here....

Ever wondered whatever happened to the many, many children of the almighty Greek gods? Well, turns out they live amongst themselves in a mini Olympus, somewhere only they know. Catch a glimpse of a day in the life of a demi-god....with just a sprinkle of modern day reality and of course, romance; cause even gods fall in love too!

"I just wanted to say, the dish washer broke and it has been for a long time. It's in pieces but we took too long to fix it so it's our fault" I sighed, giving him a small smile. "Our dishwasher isn't broke though?" he asked, giving a confused look. An undeniably cute confused look. I'm going to miss him I thought to myself before I said my next answer, "Oh but isn't it?". ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Clara the local cleaner. 40% smart, 20% kind, 10% sass, 25% shyness and 5% dash of everything else. Matt the rich boy. 60% hot, 20% rude, 15% sweetness and 5% common sense. What happens when the two meet? And their worlds collide together. Two people of different status, will they overcome who they are or will they be snobby like their parents?

Charlotte, a labeled misfit, secretly loves to hang out with the elderly. So when she flunks another test, her parents force her to spend more time with her grandpa – something Charlotte doesn’t mind in the least. At her grandpa's retirement home, she stumbles upon the cocky Maverick Gates, a closeted chess prodigy and boy who can frustrate her without uttering a word. She soon discovers Maverick acts differently around old people, proving to be something more than just the school's rebel. The two instantly clash, resulting in never ending chess games and countless arguments. However, Maverick and Charlotte are forced to work at the hip when someone begins to vandalize the retirement home. One fact is clear - they make the perfect Delinquent Duo.

Sadie's secretly in love with her best friend Connor. When the lights go off at a party, she kisses him in the dark. The next day, Connor enlists her help to find his mystery kisser. Sadie is stuck in the middle, will she ever be able to tell him how she feels?

When the quiet girl in Clayton Hugh's chemistry class comes knocking on his door at five in the morning barely covered up in her little pajamas, inattentive, and drooling like crazy, he has no choice but to take her inside. But once Lucy Walker wakes up inside a room she has never seen before wearing an over-sized t-shirt and gym shorts, you can imagine the pure panic setting in her. The subtle addition of Clayton entering the room shirtless doesn't help much either. After three years of fawning over him, leave it up to her sleepwalking to finally get Clayton Hugh to notice her.

Hamilton Academy of the Arts. The school Sydney Acosta moved to all the way from Toronto, Ontario in a barely known city. After the divorce between her mother and father, she's stuck by her mother's side, following her to another city in Canada. Her emotions are expressed through the one thing she loves doing: dancing. Lucas Cahill is a quiet, almost outcast in the school. His twin brother, Joseph, better known as Joey, is the best known guy in school. He's considered popular, cooler and better looking than his brother despite the two having the same face. At school, Joey doesn't acknowledge his brother, at home and in the past they are inseparable with the excuses from Joey tolling up over time. His isolation and other emotions are expressed through his art. The two seventeen year olds are connected in their different forms of art in a teenage story filled with drama, sarcasm and loads of creativity. "My drawings are like stick figures compared to anything you draw. You could draw the world's ugliest frog and it will still turn out beautiful. Lucas you're an amazing artist." "So are you." He said quietly, looking up at me with his soft, heartwarming eyes. "How?"I couldn't draw for shit. "Because you are a dancer. Dancing is an art. And you are an amazing dancer." Cover~ xThePineappleGirlx #15 Teen Fiction (11/12/16)

Sophia will do anything to escape an arranged marriage to the arrogant billionaire, Enrique Monteiro, but he has more control than she knows. ***** Enrique Monteiro, a powerful Brazilian billionaire, has gotten everything he wanted in life. He has looks, wealth, power, and women. He travels in his private jet to negotiate business deals all over the globe. His godly looks and reserved attitude makes seems to pull women in. With just a snap of his fingers, he can get everything he's ever wanted. Everything except Sophia Castello. [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by Karen Roberts