We hope you'll be inspired, shocked, amused, and touched by this selection of letters from the DearTeenMe.com website. 'How awesome would it be if authors wrote letters to their teen selves?' A year and a half later, you can pick up DEAR TEEN ME from Zest Books, read more on the website, or just kick back and enjoy the selection we'll be posting here. Co-curators: E. Kristin Anderson and Priya Chand. The individual letters are property of the contributing authors. We can't guarantee your head won't explode from the mix of angst and excitement, but you *will* enjoy the ride.

But then everything else was more than just a painful mystery and you can only imagine how much time it took me to realize that.

THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THE PUBLISHED BOOK. *Unedited Version* *Sequel to Amber Alert and a watty awards finalist*  Audrey Thomas had been raised by overprotective parents and is sick of it. After the kidnapping and recovery of her mother, Anna Cowles, eighteen years ago, parents had a harsh awakening as they realized any child could be taken for any reason. New laws were made to protect children, but those same children ignored the rules and went out of their way to get into trouble. Audrey has always done what she wanted, no matter what the consequences were. But what happens when her choices lead her to being taken by the one man people feared everyday for the last eighteen years, right up to his execution. Will she make it out like her mother did or will she suffer the fate of the previous twelve girls?

Cliques, stereotypes, popularity contests, and teenage drama all mix to create a once in a lifetime experience you'll never forget ― high school. Lauren Scott has been bullied for years for her good girl reputation. She can live with the snide comments and jabs at her reputation, but she wants one thing more than anything else; her freedom. She lived contently as the golden child her parents wanted for years, followed their rules to the letter, and let them make all of her decisions for her, but feels as though she has let life pass her by. Especially when she catches her father cheating. Lauren comes to realize that even if you do everything as your supposed to, life can still surprise you. She's going to learn to live for herself, and make the rules up as she goes along, but she doesn't know how to live without a guideline. Lauren is forced to ask her biggest tormentor, Kayden Daniels, for help. Kayden is nothing but trouble, and is willing to turn her whole world upside down with nothing more than a mischievous smirk and a proposition. If she wants his help to remake herself, to change into the person she really wants to be, then she has to pay a price. But what's Kayden's price for helping her shed her stereotypical good girl reputation? Her virginity. It won't have to be given up until her reputation has changed, but Lauren isn't sure she can live with the consequences of making a deal with the devil. But with no one else willing to help her, there's not another option.

Willow is a seventeen year old girl who is struggling her way through life. Her Dad's accident sent her Mother into depression and Willow has taken on the job of caring for her brother, Zack. Her only escape is through music, listening to her favourite band Black Veil Brides. Will Willow's luck change after an unexpected meeting with her idols?

Twelve young girls found dead in approximately six months. All blonde, small in stature. Just normal people. And I think I'm next on the list. Sydney Davis is stubborn and hard-headed. A death threat in the shape of a dead body will not have her running for the hills, it's just not in her nature. But with the Mystery-Man's elusive behaviour and the climbing death-count she finds herself sprinting as she tries to out-run a serial killer while trying to catching it. All in a days work right? Shh... Run! (I warn you this isn't really a love story. Just saying.) Cover by: LynnDesigns.

Forgetting changed her... Remembering might destroy her. When Chloe fell asleep in study hall, it was the middle of May. When she wakes up, snow is on the ground and she can't remember the last six months of her life. Before, she'd been a mediocre student. Now, she's on track for valedictorian and being recruited by Ivy League schools. Before, she never had a chance with super jock Blake. Now he's her boyfriend. Before, she and Maggie were inseparable. Now her best friend won't speak to her. What happened to her? Remembering the truth could be more dangerous than she knows...

[Action #4] THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THE PUBLISHED BOOK. Anna is taken from her home to live out a sick game that a guy has been playing for the last ten years. With no certainty that anyone is looking for her, and seemingly hours away from home, she's forced to play house wife with a man that has had twelve other 'wives'. Each of them now dead. With 12 rules and the obvious exits blocked, from how the previous girls escaped. Is the only way out to play along and be a 'loving wife' or will she die during the chase? Would anyone know what happened to her? Would she be labeled as a runaway? Where is she in the first place?