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A journalist embeds himself in the life of a viral influencer at the height of his fame. What he finds isn't scandal. It's infrastructure. As brand deals multiply and "collaborations" replace people, the system quietly prepares for the next face. When the influencer dies, the story settles fast. Too fast. Filtered isn't about cancel culture, fame, or morality. It's about how visibility is managed - and what happens to the people inside it. A modern Gatsby for the algorithm age. --------------------------- This work is designed to be read alongside Fitzgerald's novel as a contemporary companion-one that invites students to examine how enduring literary themes adapt to modern systems of power, visibility, labor, and class. No permission is required for classroom use, excerpting, or distribution for educational purposes.

He's trouble. Everyone knows it. Tattoos, fights, late-night sirens-it's his life. But when I'm forced to tutor the school's most feared bad boy, I start seeing the scars no one else notices. And suddenly, I'm wondering... maybe I'm not just saving his grades. Maybe I'm saving his heart.

Taylor just wanted to watch the championship game, not play in it. But when a sarcastic guardian angel shoves him onto the court with two minutes left, he's forced to chase glory he's hilariously unprepared for. Full of laugh-out-loud fails, sharp dialogue, and heart, Alley Oops! is a fast-paced comedy about second chances and knowing what you really pray for.

Megan Carter had believed her bestfriend, Maddie Sinclair's death was a closed chapter, a tragedy the town had long mourned and moved past. But returning to her childhood home for the summer, Megan stumbles upon a forgotten box in the attic - photographs, letters, and memories that refuse to remain buried. As she flips through the images of her and Maddie, the girl she knew so intimately, a gnawing doubt begins to take hold: Maddie could never have taken her own life. The official investigation called it suicide, but nothing about the story fits the Maddie Megan remembers. The smiles, the words, the grief on display - all feel rehearsed, hollow, and wrong. As Megan retraces the final days of her best friend's life, she begins to uncover secrets hidden beneath layers of lies and whispers of betrayal. The deeper Megan digs, the more dangerous the path becomes. Maddie didn't die by her own hand - someone ensured she never returned. And now, the questions Megan dares to ask threaten to unravel the lives around her, revealing a darkness that has been waiting patiently in the shadows. But how far would you go to uncover a truth that could destroy everything you thought you knew - and what would you do if the person responsible was closer than you ever imagined?

When 22-year-old Lila Monroe returns home for a prestigious summer internship, she expects to launch her career-not fall for Julian Blackwood, her father's best friend and the CEO of the company. Charismatic, powerful, and twice her age, Julian is everything she shouldn't want-and exactly what she can't resist. Their connection is undeniable. But when their relationship is exposed, it ignites a firestorm of betrayal, scandal, and heartbreak. At the center of the fallout stands Sienna Blackwood, Julian's daughter, who will stop at nothing to protect her father-even if it means destroying Lila. Torn between family loyalty and the love that could cost them everything, Lila and Julian must decide: Is their bond worth risking it all? Between Loyalty and Love is a slow-burn, forbidden age-gap romance about ambition, redemption, and the cost of choosing your heart over your past.