NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC SILVER MEDAL Amaryllis constantly struggles with her dark past and hopes to continue living a normal life and forgetting her memories by doing whatever she can; even deciding to become poor and owning a music shop with her sister and even auditioning to become an artist. But they were practically orphaned with the heart-crushing memory of their parents disappearing in front of their eyes. Like a dream, a man, or rather a celebrity, was willing to take her under his wing and keep her safe from her haunting memories of Scott, the leader of the largest gang in the U.S. With taboos to be shared, stories to be told, and tough decisions as she and her friends and families trade lives... Give love, warmth, and care... Yet so insignificant was her life compared to what awaits her, what is going outside the safety and comfort she thought to still be a normal life? With secrets like taboos to be shared, stories to be told, and tough decisions as she and her friends and families trade lives... Give love, warmth, and care... Yet so insignificant was her life compared to what awaits her, what is going outside the safety and comfort she thought to still be a normal life. With secrets, stories, and sacrifices to be made as Amaryllis, her friends, and her family trade lives... how can she take responsibility for the past while creating a better future?

Two people that hate each other since the forth grade fall in love with each other. One popular boy and a quiet lonely girl. Sorry, I really wanted to post it, so there might be some typos. And for the cover I know it is bad, but I just needed a better cover

The worst part about death isn't the loss itself it's the felling deep in your gut when you know you were the one that could have stopped it. ** This story is about a girl who's world falls apart and is crushed into pieces. After she experiences a horrible tragedy taking the life of someone she truly loves, she feels as if she must escape this world no matter the cost. Teetering on the edge of her own life she must learn to accept a past she has tried so hard to forget and accept forgiveness for the mistakes she has made, that have pushed her to this point. *** I awake to a canned lights above me and the overwhelming smell of antibacterial rub. I roll over groaning. Nothing I can do will break the chains holding me in this earth. And suddenly the room feels, like a cell, and the world feels like a prison. Holding me here, when the one thing I want, is blackness, nothingness, and end to all of this. #6 in realisticfiction *** If you are very sensitive to topics of depression or suicide, please read with caution.

Olivia has a perfect life. She was the prom queen, was popular, and had the best boyfriend in the world. However after one accident one of these things disappear.