Overachiever Stories

Aaira Bhaskar and Asher Sharma are both 11th graders and the Deputy Sports Captains of their school, but they share a quiet rivalry. Aaira, 16, is the sunshine of her friend group, known for her bright smile and dimples, though she hides the struggles of a difficult home life. Asher, 17, is calm, competitive, and a science student with a sarcastic side that shows up sometimes. Their rivalry began when Aaira defeated him in the 800-meter race last year. Since then, Asher sees her as his biggest competition. With her bright energy and his cool sarcasm, they constantly challenge each other, especially on the track. ~ "Itni bhi haseen main nahi o yaara ve mujhe sa bhi haseen tu, tera ya pyaar ve" ~ Aaira "Ha tum bilkul waise ho jaisa maine socha tha, chand si mehbooba ho meri kab aisa maine socha tha" ~ Asher ⊹ ࣪ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ Asher and his chand. <3 11. 03. 2026

Maya Collins is a girl made of deadlines, highlighters, and a future she's mapped out down to the last second. She doesn't have time for distractions, and she certainly doesn't have time for Logan Vance. ​Logan is the kind of storm you don't survive. As the star of Northwood High's swim team, he's a god in the water and a ghost on land-smelling of chlorine, expensive tobacco, and secrets that could burn the whole town down. He's untouchable, unreachable, and currently failing the one class that stands between him and a scholarship. ​When the principal forces Maya to tutor him, it's not just a clash of worlds. It's a chemical reaction. ​Between the sterile silence of the library and the humid, heavy air of the locker rooms, a dangerous game begins. Logan wants to see how far he can push the "perfect" girl before she cracks. Maya wants to find the boy beneath the scars and the cynicism. ​But in the hallways of Northwood, secrets are currency. And with Amber Thorne-the school's golden girl with a heart of ice-watching their every move, one wrong breath could cost them everything. ​In a world of static, they are the only thing that feels real. Even if it's a reality that's destined to go up in flames.

This book takes a look at how I faced the challenges of being an over achiever through my successes and my failures.

"You're useless." "Such a burden... " "No one 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘓 love you." "I wish you would die..." The voices, the voices are stuck in her head...however, there is still hope, atleast that's what I want to think for her. She wakes up, get ready, not eat, go to school, study, eat some at lunch time, go home, get comfortable, not eat, play games on her cellphone, sleep... rinse and repeat. That's her life. But what will she do when one night, she falls asleep before being in a 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥'𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬... ⁅𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺.⁆ 𝐧𝐨𝐰. -𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘙𝘐

Sharon Zulu's life is uprooted when her taxi-business father transfers her from a sheltered private school to the infamous Sigwinta High, the top-rated yet notoriously unruly school in Verzetsstraat, Gauteng. As Sharon prepares for her first day, she envisions an idyllic fresh start. But the chaotic reality of her new school, loaded with social cliques, potential bullies, and strict teachers, is a far cry from her dreams. Facing intense pressure to fit in and break the cycle of loneliness, she unexpectedly befriends the popular girls and catches the attention of Mercy Rasuge, a mysterious, charming latecomer who makes her heart race. Navigating friendships, hidden motives, and a spark of romance, Sharon is thrust into a world of high-stakes social dynamics. She must learn to balance her true self with the pressures around her or risk being swallowed by the very society she's trying to belong to. Will this new beginning lead to self-discovery, or will she get lost in the chaos? 🫂🐸

Type A overachiever with color coded binders and a fear of B+ grades, has never broken a single rule. Until now. A spectacular misunderstanding during a school prank gone wrong lands Keller Smith in after detention - with Nate Wilder, the class clown and serial rule-breaker whose greatest achievement is perfecting the art of nap-taking in every class. At first, they're like oil and water: Keller wants to finish her homework in silence and Nate wants to practice his standup routine using paperclip puppets. But week after week in detention, something starts to shift. Between sarcastic notes passed under the desk and forced teamwork, Keller and Nate go from sworn enemies to something else. There's just one problem, Keller has a reputation to protect. Nate doesn't care what anyone thinks and they're both absolutely terrible at admitting they might like each other.

"You are a dragon's greatest desire but also their greatest challenge. Their reverse scale can only be and only you. If otherwise, he'll be no different from a lizard." That was the prophecy that was foretold when I was born. Technically, it means I attract those who are destined for success. However, those who take me half-heartedly will lose their fortune. Since I was young, my family has always said this, "Good boys are boys who depend on girls and let them be spoiled by girls." I believed them for the first 10 years of my life. But, it was obviously not hard for me to know that the belief was untrue, or be exact... uncommon in the patriarchy society. Stuff about women empowerment and blah, blah, blah... can just go to hell for all I care 'cause I'm pretty sure that 80% of the people on this planet know that such words can exist just because men are allowing it to exist. In fact, such a society is so fake that it is literally forcing me to break my 10-year-long-belief. Well, there goes the bubble that didn't even take half my life to pop. Since then, I decided to go on with the flow without a care for a person's future or potential... as long as it doesn't involve marriage. Primary school, middle school, high school... ask anyone, "Who is the bitchiest girl in school ?" They'll definitely say, "Dianne Mask". Why ? It's simple. She dated every great guy in school and dumped them as soon as another pops up. Until he came. Dressed in rags, standing at the side of the road. He pulled the corner of her pants with shivering hands wet from the rain. "Help me... I'll do anything for you." Decision made on a whim, she took him back, nursed him back to health and just let him stay at her house. She didn't really bother with me that much after he was well but he kept approaching her endlessly all day. With a guy who came from the slums, she didn't really care. But, is he really so simple ?

Audrey and Miles are enemies. Everyone knows it. But secret letters start appearing, sharing jokes, secrets... feelings. Can the girl everyone adores, and the town's "bad boy" survive the truth, or will their rivalry turn into heartbreak?

"There's always two sides to every story." Piece out a puzzle of two points of views that transports you to the best/worst place ever. High School. If you liked FLIPPED and ELEANOR & PARK, you'll surely enjoy these voices that discover along the way that love comes when you least expect it. cover art from Canva

Charity Smith had the perfect life, she was a straight A student, captain of the varsity cheer squad, the star runner on the track team, and very popular. But she was about to meet a very rowdy group of kids and one of them being the hottest guy the school had ever seen.

Keita, your average overachiever wanted to glide through schooling with ease but life had a funny way of pissing on your parade. Miyajima a boy bored with life ends up sharing a dorm with him. And together, they decided that homeworks a bitch and demons are cooler.

Luna is the girl who seems to have it all: top of her class, choir soloist, and always the one leading. But deep inside, she's struggling to keep up. The pressure to be perfect is wearing her down, and she hides her exhaustion from everyone, even her friends. Then comes Eli, a new guy at school who is calm, easygoing, and so different from Luna. As he gets to know her, he starts showing her that there's more to life than just achievements and being the best. When Luna's health starts to fail, she's forced to stop and ask herself: Is being perfect really worth it? As she faces the truth about herself, Luna begins to learn that it's okay to rest and that she is enough, even without being perfect. Have you ever felt like you weren't enough unless you were at your best?

For the eldest daughters, overachievers, procrastinators, and anyone who's ever been confused about who they really are or where they want to be. This one's for you.

Growing up with chronic illness is an emotional journey. This story will describe the feeling of having your soul leave your body. In addition to the experience of being unseen for all the challenges and chapters that come with being chronically ill.

This is a slightly exaggerated autobiography. As an "overachiever" my life my seem organized, and nice, and perfect....but that's boring, and I hate being bored.....

We are all tomboys in some way or another. Even a girly girl has her tomboy moments. This is about four high school senior girls, who had been tomboys since the age of five. Best friends since 'forever' (middle school). And their love life that seam to appear during their senior year. Not all of the them believe in love, in high school. The overachiever (Sofia aka Sofie ), the girly one of all of them (Maddison aka Maddi), the shameless total tomboy (Rebecca), the maths wizz (Jessica aka Jess).

Liz is a normal teenager, maybe a bit weird. She's a little too... quiet, too caught up in books and movies to even acknowledge what's going on in the outside world, or even make friends.

A few of my favourite snippets of the potential novel I'm writing

A story in which an overachieving girl with impeccable vocabulary and an incompetent boy get locked in the principal's office together.