Cecilia Kee has always had problems. No, not the regular high school girl problems. She wasn't worried about homework, grades, friends. She wasn't even worried about a boyfriend. See, Cecilia has cancer. Brain cancer to be specific. A special type of brain cancer that affects the way she feels pain. And of course, g...
Macin Cole was diagnosed with leukemia when she was eight years old. After fighting a three year long battle, she was declared cancer free. Trying to put her struggle behind her she vows to keep her fight with cancer a secret when she starts a new school. But after five years in remission could the possibility of...
"I am going to die." Yes, you heard right. Dakota Everett is going to die. She is given a year and wants to do as much as she can. The trouble is, she's 17, so a lot of the things she wants to do, she can't yet. So she makes a list of all the things she wants to do before she dies and one of the items at the very top...
❝What if I fall?❞ ❝Then I'll catch you.❞ ❝He was arrogant, obnoxious, funny, cocky, sarcastic, a know it all, a delinquent, a bad influence, yet knowing all these things I still couldn't manage to stay away from him. Something about him just drew me in.❞ Secrets, lies and psycho exes rule Violets life. After her youn...
"She's that book nobody bothered to read, or a painting everyone underappreciated." * * * * Faith Johnson, was one of those rare people, who possessed a feeling for beauty. The capacity for endurance, a desire for happiness, and a gift for being tell-it-like-it-is kind of honest. Her life, was solely focused...
Lacey Ballard was one of the nicest girls in school and still managed to be on the Varsity cheerleading team. Then last summer, she was forced to leave the squad the day before Nationals, and didn't give her team an explanation. Since then, her squad had turned against her, leaving her isolated and friendless. None of...
Mara Martin was 12 years old. She had 5 older brothers and lived in a small town. She had a best friend named Danny, they've lived next door to each other since day one. Mara had everything she had ever wanted, she had it all. Perfect family that never fought. She was athletic and team captain of her soccer team, extr...
• • • • • Watching from afar has become my new way of life. Watching my friends be happy, watching my peers live in a blissful ignorance, and watching my family watch me wither away. Being diagnosed with cancer was a painful punch to the gut, a wake up call I didn't think I needed. And as I watched my family crumble...
(TH#5)"And maybe in the end, in spite of all we said, all we did, all we met, we are only thoughts that evaporate into the effervescent whirlwind of time." Cole Winters is a perfect example of high school done right; star quarterback, good-looking, popular, he has the whole package. Things couldn't possibly go wrong...
Catherine Palmer had a great life. No, it wasn't perfect, but that was okay with her. She loved her parents and her friends, and they loved her. Everything changes when her parents go to the store and are involved in a horrible accident. They are pronounced dead on the scene and Catherine is sent to live with her mot...