Small Surprises 1 Traversing the hardscrabble hillside, scattered shale makes empty promises beneath your feet, rock over boulder, beige over brown. The day leans long toward the west and monotony clings to you like dust, spattered in your sweat. Below, sage and bitterbrush smear to the far horizon. You tire of th...
Ellen Hopkins shares her work on Wattpad in honor of Banned Books Week.
Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there. Cara’s parents’ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means r...
