Young-adult-fiction Stories

The tragedy of stardom, idol worship, and the universal desire to achieve some impossible dream.

Four friends. One forgotten past. One locked door. Ten years ago, they discovered something they were never meant to remember. Now the memories are returning-and so is the truth. 🖤🔑

Summer Watson is a loner at her high school who has trouble making friends. But when she meets the popular head cheerleader, Piper Longworth, at a school committee meeting, she is shown a new world at high school. Enamored by the popular students, Summer is thrown into their KISS Project at school. Until meeting Theodore "Theo" Canfield, the school rebel and someone more in her zone. Will Summer give up her newfound popularity for Theo? (KISS = Kindness, Inclusion, Spirit, and Status - a student-led initiative to "improve" school culture... but not everything is as perfect as it seems.)

No Internet. No Cell phones. No Social Media. No Fucks Given. Adolescence at the turn of the century.

In the treacherous golden corridors of an imperial palace, fifteen-year-old Amani, a Black concubine from the Western Borderlands, arrived carrying the last thing her mother touched before she died resisting the men who came to take her. Gifted to Crown Prince Wei Zhenting as a diplomatic offering, she was cataloged before she was named and reduced to inventory before she was seen as a person. In a court where survival demanded not beauty but cunning, she learned quickly that everyone she grew to love was in danger precisely because she loved them. Wei Zhenting, seventeen and carved from ice and duty, prepared for his ascension to the Dragon Throne. At the same time, bound to Princess Liu Feiyan, his sixteen-year-old wife, whose elegance concealed both ruthless intelligence and blood already on her hands. As festivals glittered with false cheer and every smile concealed a dagger, Amani navigated treacherous alliances, deadly rivalries, and the slow, dangerous thaw of a prince who once, at her lowest moment, calculated her survival as a political question rather than a human one. The palace did not break Amani. It changed her. And by the time the Emperor died and the Dragon Throne was reborn, she did not entirely recognize the woman looking back at her from the mirror. Across this complete saga, forbidden desire collided with imperial duty, births reshaped destinies, and one foreign woman's quiet strength proved more powerful than the throne itself.

Brittany has 4 best friends, yet she is constantly left out, ignored and excluded from their groups. At home, her biological parents abuse her physically and mentally, leaving her feeling unwanted and completely alone. Then she meets her boyfriend Matthew, the one person who genuinely sees her and stays by her side. His family welcomes her like their own daughter and treats her with the love she never received at home. Grateful to finally have people who care, she begins to realise that being surrounded by people does not mean she is truly loved.

Inspired by and dedicated to the memory of Rachel Joy Scott

Where one discovers the forgotten, learns about love and is bound to find out the meaning of life. - "I want to be remembered...same as you." "What makes you think I'd want to be remembered?" He asked and I could sense his cynical laugh outlining the words. I took in the scenic view of the night that splayed in front of us alluring as ever. "Your music." I said, meeting his eyes that widened a little at the sound of my words.

Mei was a girl everyone loved, trusted, and admired. She had a loving family, loyal friends, and excellent academic results. Her life seemed almost perfect-until one misunderstanding turned everything upside down. The people who once stood beside her began to hate her. The girl who had always been surrounded by people was suddenly left completely alone. Sent away to a new school where she is the only girl, Mei believed her loneliness would follow her wherever she went. But she was wrong. In a place she never expected to call home, she finds unexpected friends who slowly bring back the girl she used to be. Through laughter, friendship, love, and new memories, they teach her something she had almost forgotten- how to smile again.✨

Two individuals, worlds apart. Christina Pembroke, 20 and power-hungry, has always feasted on her father's wealth and success. Her tricks threaten to unravel it all, leaving her without the safety net she's become so used to. Lucas Kramer, 23, and chasing his dream of becoming a director, has fought every inch of his journey. As his lifelong dream edges closer, he faces a dilemma: will he sacrifice his values for recognition? In a world where their paths cross, can they aid each other on their quest, or will they become each other's downfall? Secrets, ambition, and the pull of destiny converge in: ACTION!

The journey of Lucas, a 17-year-old teenager living in a small town where being different can mean being invisible or the target of gossip. Lucas keeps a secret diary where he writes about his insecurities, his fears and, above all, his feelings for Gabriel, the classmate he has developed an unexpected crush on. He has never told anyone about his sexuality and lives torn between the desire to be authentic and the fear of being rejected by his family and friends. When one of his secrets ends up being discovered by accident, Lucas finds himself forced to face his feelings and the pressure of living up to other people's expectations. At the same time, he finds support in Marina, his childhood best friend, and Rafael, a young man new to school who also carries secrets of his own. As Lucas deals with the challenges of being himself in an environment where appearances seem to be everything, he begins to realize that sometimes sharing one's deepest secrets can be the first step towards freedom and true love.

Kim Wayne tried to believe she was normal. She tried to fit in with society. But her sixth sense made it hard for her when she had crazy powers of intuition, observation, and memory. She was sent to a new school for prodigies but then discovers a secret world that will change her way of life forever.

The story revolves around Karolina, who just recently transferred in Davao City. She is a freshman in college and just like any other teenager, she was also hipped into chatting random people on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook by which she eventually met Edrian, who is a sophomore boy from Cebu Doctor's University. Although she just saw him on a distance while was still in CDU, she became interested in knowing more about him because she felt as if Edrian did actually love her. Will the truth set her free or maybe sometimes things will only be left as a mystery?

Skye Clemons has a bit of a reputation. Unable to escape her past, she has one clear goal - to pass her language and literature course at college. If only it were that simple. Now having to share a class with wealthy students from Lakeside College, she must face her ultimate challenge - letting her guard down. They say that opposites attract, but Grayson Swain is proof that this myth doesn't always ring true. He is the most annoying human being Skye has ever encountered, especially since he insists on calling her the class viper at every opportunity. When they are paired up for a collaborative class project, they are expected to put their substantial differences aside and get to know each other, which will take a lot of work! Fights and conflict seem to follow Rory Keaton wherever he goes, and he is a ticking time bomb. He also knows way more about Skye's past than he should and makes it his mission to judge her. Forced to get a job to avoid being evicted from her family home, Skye finds herself working at Trinity Stables and doesn't expect to form an unlikely bond with a hot-tempered horse who seems to be facing his demons. Some of the biggest challenges are yet to come - with the mysterious financial arrangements Skye stumbles upon and the mystery surrounding the father she has never met. As secrets unveil themselves, Skye realises that maybe the past is best kept buried. 'Not just another bright bubble gum romance' - WritingMonteith For fans of contemporary romance with forced proximity, having to deal with privileged kids in college and working for a rich guy at his stables.

When a fight breaks out at the Homecoming dance, 7 leaders of social groups within the school environment are required to spend a weekend bonding. However, when they find that they're trapped underground in their own self-made tunnel, completing tasks and dying one by one as part of someone's sick idea of fun, they end up bonding for the worst reason imaginable, for survival.

Sandra Keira, fifteen. She walks and talks like everyone else. She makes friends like everyone else. She is bullied like everyone else. She goes to school and has those plain school dramas as everyone else does. And most of all she has a crush like everyone else and has a diary as some teenagers do. What sets her apart from the crowd is that she likes Math, scratch that, it's her favorite subject. She's in her ninth grade, with her best friend Charlotte. They love to hang out together and get into gossip like everyone else. If you pass by where they are hanging out, you'd probably ignore them and go your merry way because they are just like everyone else. But everything went haywire when Sandra had a crush on one guy named Ethan yet she chose to cope up with it by socializing with other guys. Ethan just ignored her, but the school didn't. High school drama has never been this dramatic. Follow Sandra's path to self-discovery and growing up.

" why do we study history ? " "so that we don't repeat the mistake made in the past" " then why do they still repeat ? " the class went silent ••• a story about high school , may it be read by many understood by all

After an emotional breakup with her long-time boyfriend, 20-year-old college Junior Vanilla Bloom Diamond viewed herself as a weak person and believes nobody is ever going to accept her for who she is, because of her diagnose of sickle-cell anemia. Despite growing up with a rich loving family, because of her disorder she's not only a burden to others but a burden to herself. But when she invited to party a popular girl from her at school she met a tall dark and handsome stranger named Cesare Bloodmoon known to his friends as "Cherry", Vanilla would have a second chance of love once again. But little did she know is that Cesare is a 1600-year-old vampire trapped in a body of an 30-year-old. Sooner or later, Vanilla Bloom would enter into a world like no other and would be solving an age-old mystery that took place in the roaring '20s in Manhattan, New York, and help a friend who was framed for the murder of a popular but hated classmate. It's like a Twilight-esque vampire story, except it doesn't include sparkly vampires, but a vamp with killer looks. *********** Status- Ongoing Most impressive ranking, #1-vampirefiction