Youngadultreads Stories

Highest rank: #30 [3/25/17] To Whom My Heart Belongs To, Emotions are a messy thing, but if you learn to forgive others for the mess they have made, you can learn to love. The heart pulls me in one direction, yet my mind resists the force. I hope one day you will be able to know what happened during those days. With love, Lost hearts in a large world --- A girl struggling to comprehend what her mind and heart tell her to do. A boy attempting to ignore the situation that tore her apart. The two sides make the story whole. There was a girl, and then there was a boy. She wanted to love him, but he only wanted to live. He failed to express his love when she poured her soul into loving him. In the end, they were unsure of which chances they would regret not taking, for an untimely death hid beneath their fake smiles. Note: don't let the number of parts scare you away; it's two parts of a story with 26 letters each. The second part is incomplete. Part I: story written through letters for February #justwriteit challengeYou Part II: story for Camp NaNo April 2017

[Mirror Me Series Book 1] Hope Martinez was taught to fear her reflection, but the magical world on the other side is too tempting. Descended from those who can use mirrors as weapons, Hope has many dangers to face if she wants to get home before an ancestral curse destroys everything she loves. _________________________________________________ After a frightening incident leaves her family shaken, Hope Martinez promises her mother to never look at a mirror again. Three years later, Hope stands between two worlds - the world of her mother, a contrived and constricted set of rules ignoring their family's Hispanic heritage and abolishing all things reflective from the home, and the world of her abuelita, which is said to contain a mysterious power that members of the family are fated to discover. When high school bullying and peer pressure start pushing Hope's limits, she finds no other choice but to gain normalcy and break her mother's promise. She soon discovers a hidden magical world beyond her reflection, one filled with strange beasts, enchanted cities, and flying walnuts. Why would such a wonderful place be kept from her? The reason - Hope's family has a terrible destiny waiting to be unleashed. Young Adult ■ Fantasy ■ Sci-Fi [COMPLETED] AWARDS: -First Place in Teen Fiction category for Chaos Awards 6 -First Place in Fantasy category for Ohana Awards 4 Copyright © by Jules Haigler No parts of this manuscript including black and white illustrations or content may be distributed, copied, or sold on any media without permission of the author. All names, places, and themes are a work of fiction.

Clarissa Marie Valdez, a daughter of a con man, was chosen by King and Queen Academy, a prestigious school full of princes, princesses', heirs, and heiresses. Why was she chosen? Who chose her? How could she get out? And most of all what are they hiding from her?

"Will you be my girlfriend" he asked me Well I thought it was me... ____________________________________ Eve Sanders was definitely not your average girl. There was no average face, average friends nor was there an average family It was just her, her twin sister and her best friend with a plan to take on senior year while they still had it But when her best friend and her sister start going out, her plans on the best senior year quickly go down the drain So will she just suck it all up and learn how to be a third wheel or will she find a way to have the best senior year ever. With or without her best friends >> Teenage rulebook #1 >> All rights reserved Copyright ©xxoluomzxx , 2018

What would you do if the universe gave you a second shot at love? [#1 in youngwritershortstory 12/27/19] Release Date: April 24th 2019

It started with a Starbucks drink, and it ended in a viral meme. Nineteen-year-old Wren Robinson had it all- the perfect boyfriend, an architecture degree, and a life of comfort and luxury- until she threw it all away to chase a dream of living in LA. The expectation? Days at the beach drinking smoothies. The reality? Struggling from paycheck to paycheck in a shoebox -sized apartment in the dodgiest part of downtown LA. But when she meets two YouTube vloggers, she suddenly becomes the centre of a huge internet scandal which gets her fired. Wren has to find a new job quickly, or risk having to return to her old life. But what Wren doesn't realise is that her life will never be the same again... *Fortnightly Updates Starting in October 2017*

*Midnight Sun Movie Contest entry* Rebecca and Ravi have been neighbors and friends ever since they were kids, but when Ravi's family wants to bring him back to India to meet a potential bride, they realize they've always wanted their relationship to be something more.

"Two people don't have to be together right now, or in a month, or in a year. If those people are meant to be, then they will eventually be together at some time in life." _________________________ Everyone at some point has a life altering moment when they ask themselves if something, maybe even someone, is really worth the risk. If you felt physically, mentally and emotionally drawn to a complete stranger, would you go after them? Would you be willing to put your life on hold to find a person who would be everything you are not, but love everything you are? It's a dangerous road, and you might lose yourself in the process. But sometimes, you must lose what you assumed was who you were supposed to be, to find out who you were born to be.

It's 2016, and Malik McKnight has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Realizing that he has a short time left to live, he decides to write a story for his three-year-old daughter. This story chronicles his journey through adolescence, and his journey to becoming a writer. The story takes place in Malik's sophomore year of high school, as he moves from Toronto to Boston due to his mother moving in with her new boyfriend, Robert Giordano. Initially faced with sadness, Malik quickly adjusts to his new environment with the help of his stepsister, Rachel Giordano, and his new friends. Ultimately, it is here that he discovers his true passion for writing.

This is the story of Cindy Lockheart - quiet, shy, unnoticed, and lonely. Until her sixteenth birthday when everything changes. With contact lenses and a make-over by her twin sister, Cindy goes from being a nobody to a perfect ten. With her new looks comes new friends, and with her new friends, she finds trouble. Cindy has to decide between being herself or being popular. Which one will she choose?

"Cold hearted. Of course I am. Ruthless. You figured it out. Arrogant. Till the end. Dominique. That's my name." Dominique Antré. That is his name. Born in Paris and now the C.E.O of Antré enterprises in France. He is cold, malicious, and uncaring. But in the late August's Friday ,on a cold stormy night, a woman collapses before him on the pavements of the city, he takes her to his home to look after her. With just one glance, Dominique has already set his target. This is Dominique's Quest. Copyright All Rights Reserved. "you need to find the one you're going to spend the rest of your life with, for if I didn't find you, I would have regretted the decision of becoming a loner for the rest of my life" ~Dominique Antré

[Featured on Wattpad Picks 2018 - Undiscovered, For Now] A clean & wholesome romance riddled with mystery (without crime)... In the midst of recovering from a relationship that didn't work out, Dalia's otherwise mundane university life takes a compelling turn when a mysterious stranger enters the scene, the athletic, confident and charming Mikaal. If her life isn't complicated enough with trying to get over a guy who broke her heart while keeping up with study and exams, her best friend Simon's behaviour starts changing towards her since the appearance of Mikaal, competing with him for her time, while warning her against Mikaal without telling her why she should be weary of him. If you adore soap operas and shows like "How I met your mother" - tales of love riddled with mystery (but without crime) - read on as the story behind Mikaal slowly unfolds, a story that is instrumental to the personal growth of our protagonist Dalia. --- I hope you enjoy reading this story and find it as engrossing as I aspire to make it. I will endeavour to update this story every Monday so I don't leave you hanging for too long if you dare to start reading it! I'd love your input (your constructive feedback, your help finding typos, your favourite parts, or any other comments). Happy reading! -Noelle

Zahra Jones had moved on with her life in a new city. She had graduated, just begun her dream career, was in a happy relationship and thought things couldn't be better for her. After four years Levi Karldon was certain he had gotten over Zahra, but after he is forced to move to the city she had now reconstructed her life in and runs into her, he starts to question whether if what he believed was actually true. All Zahra wanted was a perfect life, but she soon starts noticing her intentions may have started deterring. They both must find a way to surmount the almost endless challenges that keep arising.

A brief account on the life of, well, Meenakshi Menon. I can't tell you more, you have to read in order to know.

"You're not good for me." I breathed out realizing how close we are. He just smirked at my comment looking at my lips. "Sometimes a bad boy can be good for a girl." Extended Summary inside cover made by @MarbelisLugo Highest rank: #56 in Teen fiction

*|Souls that resemble to be alike attract inevitably|* "I never realized how strong our connection was, heck you're even more myself than I am." He whispered into my ear. I closed my eyes at the feeling, I knew he could feel it too. "This connection." He started, cupping my cheek in his hand. "Is being pulled to the place it belongs, and that is right here." He says before crashing his lips into mine. * * * The world can be cruel, breaking the hearts of many. We try to build barriers to protect ourselves, but what happens when they come crumbling down? Could two broken souls heal the hole left behind? When shy and sweet Dominika Nicolette moves to her grandmother's house for a fresh start, she meets Dominic Rhodes. He's smart, arrogant, and to her distraction, incredibly hot. With tragedies lying in both of their pasts, will these polar opposites come together and mend what was broken?

"Hello, Miss Akira, welcome to the most confusing road trip you have ever encountered; life." // ongoing

-COMPLETED- ❝Hitch your wagon to a star.❞ -Ralph Waldo Emerson Clark Jones's uncle just died. Having to juggle the loss of his closest family member and high school, Clark struggles to find the rainbow in life he encourages others to chase. He just wants to run away to Cape Canaveral with his best friend Maya where they can live their dream of working at NASA. While Clark struggles with the loss of his uncle, Maya Edwards deals with her own issues. Her dad is a drunk, her mom is a drug addict, and she faces bullies at school because she wears whatever the hell she wants-mostly Halloween costumes. Her quirky personality helps Clark get over his loss through their friendship and mutual love of the stars, but what happens when their feelings become more? Their new relationship is a difficult transition, but they're willing to work through their own pain to create something wonderful. Promising Maya the universe, Clark tries to give her the life she deserves. Adventures happen, secrets come out, and a loss larger than his uncle's shakes the lives of these two teens that fall in love under the stars. --- [written november 8th - 30th for nanowrimo] © cupofno

Doe is a girl who goes through a lot of heartache, warping her, and ultimately putting her heart in a layer of ice. Her parents die in a terrible accident which forces her to live with her grandparents, her boyfriend who she thought she was in love with cheats on her, and she moves into another state, leaving all of her friends behind. After all of this she comes to a decision: she refuses to care about people anymore. Caring hurts. Now she's showing her abrasive side of herself she never even knew she had. Seeing no more happiness in the world, on a rainy day when no one could see her cry, she decides to stand on the edge of a cliff to end her life. Except she doesn't. That's when she meets Caleb, a complete stranger who gets her not to kill herself. Concerned for her wellbeing, he takes an interest in her. No matter how hard Doe tries to push him away, he doesn't budge. Can he guide her back? Can he show her that life is worth living? Can he help Doe get over the nightmares of her parents' death? Escape an even more sinister dark side of her family's past that's still roaming and tormenting her? Or will Doe look death in the eye as it greets her on the rocky beach below? (I don't own the photo!!!) ~Submitting to Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: Saving a Cold Heart~ **Highest Ranking: #394 in Teen Fiction, 1/20/17**

When magic runs in your veins.... ...your life is definitely not normal. This is the beginning of a very long journey that a teenage magic user, later on formal wizard has to go through. But she isn't alone because her friends are always there by her side risking everything for one of their love ones. She is a 17 year old, goes to high school, plans in going to college, has a family, has friends, falls in love and many other things. But her school isn't an ordinary one, it's a magic teaching one. But when she thought her future was already predicted for her and that her life was going to be stable, she thought wrong. Certain events start going on and make her want to know more...than what she should. Mysteries and unknown stuff will be uncovered. Secrets will be revealed and worst of all many tragedies will fall on her. She will have to fight everything back and confront her fears with great courage. This is my first work, hope you guys like it. At the beginning it sounds kind of dumb, but it will get better. Comment, share, vote, recommend and tell if you like it :)