It's the summer before college, and Katy Collins is headed back to her old hometown for the next three months. It's been four years since she left and a lot has changed. Including Jack Talon, her childhood crush and next door neighbor. Gone is the nerdy kid she used to walk the neighborhood with; in his place is someone much, much different. But regardless of being a foot and a half taller, way cockier, and suddenly a star football player, Jack Talon is still Jack Talon, the troublemaker extraordinaire. And in a series of unfortunate events, Katy finds herself caught in the midst of one of his schemes, leaving her final summer before she heads off to school spent washing cars and mowing lawns alongside the King of Trouble himself.

If you're judging this book by its cover and title, you're already proving the point this story wants to make. Try to move past this satirical obstacle in front of you. This is a story about bullying, and like the hundreds of other books on the topic, it will show you the harsh reality of being discriminated, belittled, ridiculed for something you cannot control- how you look, who you love, or what you believe in. But unlike these books, this story's sole purpose is not to tear your heart out of your chest as you mourn over your loss of faith in humanity. Instead, this book will make you laugh and love alongside these characters. Just like in life, there will be moments of dread and surrender, but there will also be moments of happiness, laughter, and love. - Naomi Lorraine, better known as Nerdy Naomi with her thick-rimmed glasses and straight-A report card, is the most unpopular girl in her school. Even with the help of her sarcastic comebacks, that doesn't stop her from getting bullied by everyone in Dartwell High. Every day her childhood bully, Raymond Meyers, knocks her off her feet, literally. However, she can't do anything but survive the laughs, insults, and bruises high school gives her. There are three senior transfer students, dubbed the Three Musketeers: Bennett Frazier, Jordan Wallace, and Declan Lynch. All in one day, Naomi catches their attention one by one. With her snarky attitude, but innocent look, they can't help but want her. But not the way you're thinking. Oh no, not like that. Instead, it's probably the whole opposite. It's quite simple really. She'll be their good girl. And they'll be her bad boys. ~ [This story is a first draft written by a 13 to 15-year-old girl so it has its fair share of grammar mistakes and plot holes.] Wattys 2015 Talk of the Town Award Second Place Story of 2015 Best Humor and Overall Points of The Fiction Awards 2016 Third in the Writers Awards 2016 Highest Ranks: #1 Humor, #1 Teen Fiction

In hope of reconnecting with her ethnic ties, Arden Michaelson sets off for France to study abroad during her junior year of college for a semester, leaving her best friend and boyfriend behind. Upon arriving at the "City of Lights" she is kissed by a set of foreign lips.

1. Zakochać się 2. Spać pod gwiazdami 3. Spróbować sushi 4. Ułożyć kostkę Rubika. 5. Zatańczyć w deszczu 6. Zobaczyć spadającą gwiazdę 7. Strzelić z pistoletu 8. Nauczyć się prowadzić samochód 9. Zobaczyć Wridley Field 10. Spotkać dziadków 11. Wystąpić na scenie 12. Zrobić sobie tatuaż 13. Usłyszeć: Kocham Cię 14. Wykąpać się w fontannie 15. Odwiedzić grobowiec taty 16. Przejść się po Alei Gwiazd 17. Zmienić czyjeś życie 18. Powiedzieć „TAK” 19. Wspiąć się na drzewo 20. Mieć przyjaciół na całe życie 21. Zobaczyć Mount Rushmore 22. Pójść na koncert Coldplay 23. Być na perfekcyjnej randce 24. Jechać szosą 66. 25. Mieć lustrzankę 26. Zjeść Fast Food'a 27. Spełnić czyjeś marzenie 28. Pomóc planecie 29. Wygrać zakład 30. Być szczęśliwą Niby proste, prawda? Zrobić te wszystkie rzeczy w ciągu życia. Nic szczególnego, wiele rzeczy ludzie już robili, robią i będą robić, niektóre rzeczy to codzienność. Drobne marzenia, które uszczęśliwiają nas każdego dnia. Czasem nawet nie zauważamy, że się spełniają. Wystarczy wziąć kartkę i spisać je po kolei, obiecując sobie, że wszystko zrobi się w ciągu życia. Po spisaniu listy rzeczy, które zrobisz przed śmiercią czujesz niesamowitą radość i dumę z podjętego zadania. Ale nawet nie przychodzi ci do głowy, że możesz nie zdążyć. A ja poczułam taki niepokój zaraz po tym jak dowiedziałam się, że mogę nie przeżyć tego roku.

He lit his cigarette, I lit nothing. He drank alcohol, I drank water. He smirked, I smiled. He didn't love me, I didn't love him. He and I together wouldn't last a day. And then the game started... He said he found me intriguing, unique, and interesting because I didn't swoon over him. "You and me Grey, let's play a game. We'll date and in three months time I promise you will fall for me. When you fall in love with me between that time span, I win. If in any way you were to win I'll give up all the alcohol, cigarettes, and player ways." It was a game I wasn't willing to lose, but all games had accidents and consequences. It takes a broken heart to know how to break a heart.