Niada Athusa is a 16 year old girl who fortnightly dreams of flying, followed by falling. It is not the sort of dreams you might expect... She does not fly on a plane but on the Wings of Athusa. She is taken by the SLNC to train how to control her mind. It is a place hidden from the human world; a place riddled with fear. She must take a penultimate test to prove that she is worthy of a place at Angexo- or else be consumed by her fears eternally. • One of the 2017 winners of the Teen Fiction Awards by youngadultreads - Thank you so much again!

FREE STORY WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT. This is *not* a Paid Story. Eighteen-year-old hockey prodigy Elliot Wexler has three goals for senior year. One: somehow graduate with a 3.5 GPA. Two: hide his bipolar disorder from his peers. And three: make it into the NHL with no scandals. Piece of cake. What he doesn't expect is to find Lucy, a homeless girl, hiding from the winter frost in his dad's shed. Elliot's busy, complicated life doesn't permit room for error, and falling in love with a girl from a totally different world sounds like the opposite of a good idea. But Elliot can't help but be drawn to Lucy and her elusive ways--even when she seems to vanish from his life non-stop, each time leaving him with a bigger hole in his heart. But Elliot is determined to break down Lucy's barriers. And when he does, he discovers that her life is more complicated--and dangerous--than he could have imagined. With drafting season approaching, and Elliot's fragile mental health deteriorating, he's forced to face a difficult question: Is first love supposed to hurt so much? *** PLEASE DO NOT ADD THIS STORY TO GOODREADS.

{ effervescence; n.: bubbles in a liquid } a whole world of blue and green above them as they spoke the things they never said which came out in bubbles and quickly disappeared in the water; up, up, up, while their lungs filled with water - up, down, floating - and they d r o w n e d | Teen Fiction Awards Winner in the Category Writing |

Noelle Adams is your average nerd, with her own personal obsession of books and Doctor Who. But don't be fooled by her nerdyness, because if you come looking for trouble she'll snap back faster than you can say fish. Seth Collins is your average bad boy. He doesn't take shit from anyone and doesn't hesitate to put you in your place. Even teachers are scared of him. What happens when Noelle and Seth are paired up for the life project? What will happen when Seth becomes Noelle's baby daddy? A lot of drama, that is certain. PS. Not a book about teen pregnancy (I am going to try to make this book as less cliché as a bad boy/ good girl book can be)

When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets. ***** Natalie Driscoll is dead. She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

She had been the famous, sought-after teenage star of her generation. But like every star, she was destined to fall. While doing a kidnapping scene for her latest movie, no one expected she would be gone for good. When she didn't return after the last take, everyone thought she was kidnapped. When she didn't return after a few hours, a manhunt followed. When she didn't appear for days, people started to panic. Weeks followed and people mourned her death. What they don't know is that she is very much alive. She is scared...and she is waiting for the perfect escape.