The moment Marley Mason moved to the United States of America he stopped speaking. Dislocated from his mother, friends, and culture, Marley found it impossible to voice his thoughts to anyone but his father. Thereafter, he gave up on himself and his happiness. What else was an alien to do? Until he meets Ava DeLoughery and she makes him want to give this world a second try. To put his headphones down and experience everything that life has to offer one at a time again, and again, and again. For the first time in a long time, Marley Mason feels like himself. But the Miami summer-time heat must be getting to him because Marley Mason should know better than to find a home in fickle people, like Ava DeLoughery. completed

"For a place called Paradise City, this island sucks. I don't think a single day has gone by that I haven't thought about stabbing the shit out of myself," he said. "Especially since I'm forced to live with you every second of every day." "Sh. I'm trying to science," I said, not looking up from my binoculars. "See anything interesting?" "Not really. My vision's a little clouded from the fog and rain clouds you constantly emit." He laughed. "You never fail to amuse me, Rea." "But you just said-" "I just said you make me want to stab myself. Interpret that however you'd like." With a love for whales and all life (besides maybe humans), Reagan Winebrenner had never even seen an ocean until her senior year in high school. But the moment she saw her first humpback, she knew she had found her passion and future career. A few years later and an invitation to Paradise City in hand, Reagan has her entire summer laid out for her, working on the project of a lifetime. But with five other students completing their projects as well, will they discover something worthwhile, or will they end up a psychology lesson for future generations? A New Adult Watty Winner 2019

Katelyn Hathaway, senior at Grace Marshall's Academy for Prestigious Young Girls, had everything coming together for her which is easier said than done considering her one dream was to become a spy and save the world one mission at a time. Grace Marshall's Academy wasn't really the competitive academic school the world believed it to be. Sure it was competitive but the girls at the school competed in hand to hand combat and did their studies in twenty different languages. Electives consisted of helicopter flying and every freshman was required to take a gun class as well as computer hacking 101. So what goes wrong? On a school drill, Katelyn and her two best friends Sammy and Jane run into three mysterious boys. At first they were curious about how the boys also knew Greek and Judo but when an entire swarm of male spies show up at their Girl's Academy, things start getting messy. Katelyn would have never imagined the boys' ringleader and popular role model, Derek Livingston, to keep appearing in her life. Already scarred by the death of her dad and the withdrawal of her mom, she doesn't believe in romance but then again what's that feeling she gets when Derek smiles at her? Will he be her strongest support or her biggest stumbling block?

"You give reason to my name." "And you to mine." ----- Iridessa Belle Sinclair always thought of herself as an ordinary girl. She had nothing special that would differentiate her from a group. All she had was a head of what she thought was ordinary dirty blonde hair, along with ordinary lifeless dead blue eyes in which she hid behind a pair of spectacles. There was only one thing worse than being ugly in Crescent Grove High and that was to be ordinary. Her schoolmates stood out easily - no matter for good or for bad - but she was just there, just existing. It wasn't until the transfer of a new student did Iridessa get a new insight into life. Apollo Hunt, the paparazzi's favorite bad boy, rebel, and heartbreaker that had been in jail too many times. After his parents drew the last straw, they shipped him over to California to be in his relatives' care. It was purely accidental did he bump, or literally knockdown, the innocent Iridessa that had been hidden away too well under the radar of anyone even barely beautiful. Curious of the mysterious and quiet, yet sharp-tongued student, Apollo sought out to know more about Iridessa, in which in the end promising to make her pretty. All because he thought she was simply beautiful. ----- Highest Rank Teen Fiction: #28

A girl with a heart as cold as ice. A boy with a mask as thick as snow. No one else in the world understands them like they do. Only, can they melt each other's defenses? ~~ Welcome to Soran High School of Arts and Sports. Listen, as an Arts student, you are expected to follow after the trends, do well in your modules, act as an Arts student, look like an Arts student and most importantly, look down on that girl who does not fit to be the top student like everyone here does. Listen, as a Sports student, you are expected to keep up with the latest news, excel in your sport, act as a Sports student, look like a Sports student and most importantly, look up to the boy who has everything in the world like everyone here does. But what happens when everything is thrown into a mess? © 2015 by fruitKiwi. All rights reserved.

"Just one night." Sang said looking in the mirror. "Just one night." Gabriel said looking at my friends. He smirks, "rite of passage man." Just one night. Everyone agreed. Just one night, turned into so much more after Gabriel Coleman's 21st birthday bash. The birthday bash that he had told Luke Taylor to help him find a one night stand. The one where he would get black out drunk and have no regrets in the morning. Just one night for Sang Sorenson turned into so much more when a month later she didn't get her period, and the next, and the next. She only slept with one guy. One guy that entire damn two month period because of her "dry spell", yeah if you can call going to school with a double major and double minor with a slight chance of being classified as a "genius" to your friends dry. More like busy and intimidating to any potential male suitors around her. She was graduating in 3 months! She had worked damn hard and now, now she is pregnant. Gabe doesn't know. Sang let it go. She's fine on her own, has been her entire messed up life. So what happens when years later Sang meets the notorious Blackbourne Team? When she comes face to face with the father of her child who barely remembers the girl he slept with that night, besides those eyes and that hair. Fuck that god-damned hair. "Meanie?" "Trouble?" And from there--it spirals.

Camile Dawson was always the one bullied for being ugly in elementary and middle school. One day it went too far, so her parents pulled her out to be homeschooled. When she comes back for senior year in high school, everyone is expecting the same, ugly, Camile. But then how could she be a supermodel if that was true? Oh wait, it wasn't. Camile Dawson is back, and a lot has changed. *** I don't own the pic on the cover

At 16 years old, Marinette prepares for the chance of a lifetime. Internships, closer to defeating Hawkmoth, overcoming the awkwardness between her and her crush... but when her parents decide to leave for a baking contest in the states, she's told she can't live in Paris on her own. Determined to find a place to stay for the time being, Marinette comes across the only other option. Living with your crush seems exciting- I mean, it's a chance to get closer to him, right? But instead, what lies ahead is a road of rumors, lies, danger, confusion, awkward teenagers, and quite a few secrets that begin to turn both Adrien and Marinette's lives upside down. While fighting for both of their identities, both are busy with their lingering emotions. Will either of them be able to confess how they really feel to one another before the year is up? Or will they forever remain oblivious to each other's identities and feelings? (previously #1 in miraculous and miraculousladybug)