Immigrant Stories

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION When her initiation into her college's History Club goes awry, Sol has to come face to face with Ethan-the cute guy whose house she just broke into. ***** Soledad Gutierrez, or Sol to her friends, decides to join the History Club at her Community college. However, this club is not like other clubs: they have an initiation process and a slew of other 'extracurricular activities.' In order to join the club, Sol must break into the oldest house in her small Californian town and steal one of their forks. The club members provide all the materials to break in; she just needs to take the utensil, take a selfie in the kitchen, and get out undetected-with the fork, of course. The problem is: Ethan Winston spots Sol in his grandparent's house, and he's determined to uncover the reason behind the break-in. However, both he and Sol are thrown for a loop when feelings begin to develop between them. And as Ethan becomes suspicious of the History Club, he and Sol get tangled in an adventure none of them were expecting. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] [[Wattys 2019 Winner for Young Adult + Being Published by Wattpad Books in Fall 2020]]

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. It only takes one moment to change your life forever . . . After her mother's deportation last year, all Soledad "Sol" Gutierrez wants is for her life to go back to normal. Everything's changed-new apartment, new school, new family dynamic-and Sol desperately wants to fit in. When she joins her community college's history club, it comes with an odd initiation process: break into Westray's oldest house and steal . . . a fork? There's just one problem: while the owners of the house aren't home, their grandson Ethan is, and when he catches Sol with her hand in the kitchen drawer, she barely escapes with the fork intact. This one chance encounter irrevocably alters her life, and Sol soon learns that sometimes fitting in isn't as important as being yourself-even if that's the hardest thing she's ever had to do.

The day Ethan Bennett loses his family's five-million-yuan redevelopment payout to his older sister is the day he finally understands a brutal truth: no matter how much he gives, he will always come last. So Ethan walks away. He quits the job he fought for, leaves home, and flies to Sydney determined to build a life that belongs to him alone. Instead, he lands in a city full of scams, dead ends, and backbreaking work. His savings disappear. His body breaks down over endless hours in a restaurant kitchen. And every bad choice seems ready to prove his family right. But Ethan refuses to stay powerless. From washing dishes in the middle of the night to spotting the flaws in a failing business, he begins clawing his way upward with the one thing no one ever managed to take from him-his grit. When a powerful investor notices his hunger and offers him a chance most people would kill for, Ethan steps into a world where every decision carries a price. Now he's no longer fighting just to survive. He's building something of his own-and the family that abandoned him may soon learn exactly what they threw away.

Husband and wife attend a dinner party at the lavish home of their friends. What social gathering among mates goes by without a few bruised feelings? Two perspectives. This story follows a young couple through an evening filled with familiar faces and new acquaintances, colorful conversations and tame observations, opinions shared and challenged. Many a thing can happen over the course of one night: old secrets revealed, skeletons from the past unearthed, concealed emotions resurfaced. Will the husband and wife share the same point of view by the end of it? Experiencing the same events through their own pre-trained sets of eyes, guided by the filters already in place - those shaped by memory, bias, and belief. They might or they might not.. But one thing is certain: it would be a night to remember. be a fly on the wall in every room where action takes place, make sure not to miss anything. Point of View. a novella by Mikael Kino

Two alliances, comprised of four major political entities and countless smaller nations, have been locked in a protracted war for years, neither able to gain a decisive advantage. As time passes and two brilliant commanders emerge, the situation changes, and Earth is finally drawn into this chaotic conflict. Dazzling high technology, artificial intelligence, life-saving drugs, gene therapy, and surreal games, accompanied by the looming shadow of interstellar war-is this a trap or a new beginning? The choice rests in the hands of every Earthling. Some are doubtful, some are opposed, and some are filled with anticipation. Regardless, a new chapter has begun. Can Earth integrate into interstellar civilization? How will it face the impending war? This is pure science fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story. There are no cheat codes, no time travel, no monster-slaying or leveling up, no harem, and no single male and female protagonist. Instead, it features multiple storylines. This work is merely a speculation about various future political systems and lifestyles. The descriptions of interstellar war are simply my own imagination and may differ from readers' expectations. I have tried to measure future warfare according to current laws of physics; of course, there are no outdated weapons like laser swords or fantastical weapons like two-dimensional foils. Beyond war and technology, this book explores various aspects of human nature: greed, fear, lust, power... It also features futuristic love, brotherhood, human-machine relationships, and clone romances... as well as international strategies and conspiracies. I hope you enjoy this book.

Anthony cheated death, escaped his mafia family, and is taking shelter in Husk's restaurant. This would be a normal love story if it weren't for Husk's teenage daughter: Marie. And that she's convinced Anthony is her soulmate. Watch as two queer, adult men try and handle a teenage delusional girl's wildest fantasies. Prewritten! Updates on Monday evenings ;)

When sixteen-year-old Han Seo-yeon moves to the coastal city of New Acosta, she arrives halfway through her junior year with a suitcase, a carefully composed smile, and the quiet pressure to fit in. At New Acosta High, everyone already knows their seating arrangement, their social circles, and their identities. Seo-yeon, however, is a stranger in this familiar world. At home, Seo-yeon is Korean. However, at school, she feels like a foreigner, constantly translating herself. As she navigates unfamiliar hallways, forms accidental friendships, and struggles to fit in, she starts to realize that belonging often comes with conditions she's unsure she wants to accept. Seo-yeon, amidst after-school bus rides, late-night study sessions, and unexpected acts of kindness, gradually establishes connections that challenge her fear of being noticed. When a quiet bond with Daniel Park compels her to confront hidden aspects of herself, Seo-yeon must decide whether conforming is worth sacrificing her voice. Learning To Stay is a coming-of-age story that explores themes of identity, immigration, and the courage required to overcome self-doubt and assert one's presence in the world.

On Lagos Island in the late 1970s, a young Yoruba couple moves into a tightly knit family compound where privacy is forbidden and secrets never stay buried. Then their baby is born, and the child looks nothing like either parent or anyone in the large extended family. What follows is a decades-long storm of suspicion, betrayal, tradition, and hidden truths that threatens to destroy an entire family.

Reed Valor spent his entire life fighting for a place in America. A veteran of war turned teacher, he finally has everything he sacrificed for-a career, a future, and a home. Then, without warning, he's deported back to Vietnam. Stranded in the country he spent years trying to escape, Reed becomes obsessed with one question: What happened to his missing student, Yohan? When an old war friend offers him a place to stay, the answers seem closer than ever. But the deeper Reed digs, the more he uncovers a web of lies, fear, and secrets stretching across generations. And at the center of it all is Yohan-a boy who may be in far more danger than anyone realizes. As past and present collide, Reed must confront the ghosts he left behind before they destroy what's left of his future. The Fallen Mangosteen is a literary thriller about exile, identity, family, and the cost of holding on to the past.

In 1905, Małgorzata Ośiecka is the privileged daughter of a Polish count living in Russian-controlled Lutsk. Raised in comfort despite her nation's loss of independence, she never imagines that revolution will shatter the world she knows. When political unrest strips her family of their wealth and forces them to flee their homeland, Małgorzata is thrust into a life of hardship far removed from the aristocratic upbringing she once took for granted. After immigrating to America, tragedy follows the Ośiecki family at every turn. Faced with poverty, discrimination, and devastating personal losses, Małgorzata must rebuild her life while struggling to preserve her identity in a country that views her as an outsider. Seeking a fresh start in the American West, she encounters Red Falcon, a young Blackfoot man whose people have endured many of the same injustices that her own family experienced. As their friendship deepens into something more, Małgorzata must choose between the expectations of her family and society or the future she wishes to create for herself. Spanning two continents and a period of profound social change, this historical novel is a story of displacement, resilience, identity, and the search for belonging in a world transformed by revolution and prejudice.

English grammar triggers Ilya's panic attack. Shane doesn't need words to comfort his husband.

In the 2800s, a colony ship reaches the far side of the dark. Gantry Weaver wakes from stasis cold, weak, and desperate to find his seven-year-old brother before anything else. Below them waits a planet their family has never touched, a colony that has to be built from nothing, and a future none of them are ready for. But Gantry, Charter, and their parents have crossed too much distance to come apart now. On a new world under unfamiliar stars, home is not something they find. It is something they carry with them.

Some people are places. Safe places. Familiar places. Places that feel like home. And sometimes, without realizing it, you become one for each other.

You're eighteen. You cross an ocean. You have a dream, a visa, and someone you love waiting for you back home. Then you lose everything. This is a true story. The person who was supposed to help you turns against you. The job you take becomes a trap. The person you love gives you advice that destroys your future. Your visa dies. Your name is taken from you - so you borrow someone else's just to survive. You have been hated for no reason. Humiliated in front of strangers. Worked like a machine, Chased out of houses. Told your time is up. And you are still standing. This is not a story about winning. It is about refusing to lose. For anyone who has ever felt like giving up. You are not alone.

In 2024, I left the Philippines for California, carrying credentials, fifteen years of teaching, and the expectation that my life would continue more or less where it left off. It didn't. We'll See What Grows is a collection of eleven essays about what happens in the gap - between who you were and who you're becoming, between the place you left and the place that hasn't yet become home, between the faith that brought you here and the silence that followed. These essays are not about having answers. They are about learning to live without them: the meal that disappears in ten minutes without comment, the school gate where nobody knows your name, the father who wrote things down instead of speaking, whose diary is in a room you haven't been in since you left. This is not a devotional. It is not an immigrant success story. It is something quieter - the record of a man trying to take root in borrowed ground, one ordinary day at a time.

Earth has fallen. When the planet crosses its final climate tipping point, temperatures rise, crops fail, and billions are forced onto the move. Diplomacy gives way to ultimatums, then to war. From unassuming laboratories to streets drowning in heat and hunger, a fractured world stumbles toward its final reckoning. As famine and conflict spread, international order dissolves into violence and blame, and armies march north through ruins chasing a future that no longer exists. Yet amid the despair, a radical plan takes shape to move a fragment of humanity to the red sands of Mars. As Earth burns and the heavens fill with refugees, one truth becomes unavoidable: the future belongs only to those willing to sacrifice everything. In the chaos of the apocalypse, a new kind of security service is needed to enforce order where nations have failed. From the ashes of Old Earth, the Sunguard rises. Scorched Earth is a sweeping hard-science epic about collapse, survival, and the cost of choosing a future when the present is already lost.

"Amandi." A name that means 'trust no one' in Nigerian. While their true identity remains a mystery, this anonymous host has a reputation for being controversial in terms of questioning the status quo and serving as the voice of the underdogs. How can anyone ever trust someone like Amandi especially when this person just showed up out of nowhere and already has a huge platform? What could he or she possibly be hiding? Join Milo and his friends as they deal with college, new faces and a huge mystery that could ultimately break their friendship. PUBLISHED: 7/21/2024 FINISHED: 6/20/2026 ••• *NOTE: Don't forget to check out the prequel "The Case of The Red Bubble" as well. Also, don't let the number of parts fool you as each chapter is typically shorter. The primary target audience is between ages 15-21.

She a 15 year girl who has immigrated to England with her family let's see how life is as a Pakistani in England.

How it began and where it's grown to now

Ajudha Rao has one dream. Not a husband. Not a promotion. Not the life everyone around her seems to be rushing toward. She wants Switzerland. The Alps. The snow. The silence. Not for a holiday - forever. At 27, while her family circulates her biodata and her colleagues celebrate promotions, Ajudha has been secretly saving for three years, collecting travel magazines since she was fourteen, and waiting for the right moment. Then she realizes - there is no right moment. There's only now. So she books a one way ticket. Tells no one until it's too late to stop her. Packs one suitcase. And goes. This is not a love story. This is the story of a girl who fell in love with a place - and refused to leave.