When seventeen-year-old Thea Allen's small-town private school is destroyed by a tornado, her mother seizes the opportunity to expose her to new experiences and new people. Translation: Mom wants to put hundreds of miles between Thea and her forever boyfriend, Glenn.
Thea's inner math geek is tempted by the college level courses offered at the Upper East Side prep school. So, she's almost relieved when Glenn encourages the temporary move to New York City--until he breaks up with her, convinced she needs to date at least one other guy before she can be sure he's The One.
Frustrated and reluctantly single, Thea begins her last year of high school at Oscar Zachary, where she discovers her life has developed some disturbing similarities to a certain children's novel. But Thea's "Oz" isn't entirely wonderful. Her Auntie Em is the Wicked Witch. The "heartless" boy next door keeps trying to hook up with her. And Thea is having a hard time ignoring an intense attraction to Conner, AKA The Scarecrow--a haphazardly hot boy, who may or may not even be available.
Now the girl with the plan--the one who's always known what she wanted--is losing faith in her carefully plotted future.
|Cover images from a photo by Michael Brodzik from Unsplash|
August Walton is looking forward to settling back into a life of normalcy. After a year of online courses, he's ready to return to his summer job at the bookstore. Upon reuniting with his co-workers, he realizes nothing much has changed within a year. He still recognizes the regular customers. The hustle that comes around lunch time. Even the girl who always sits in the corner reading a book, with her Cold Brew Coffee, no matter which season it is. The same girl he's been crushing on since he first started. Will he work up the courage to ask her out?
READERS DECIDE!
Yes, you heard me correctly! This is a CYOE (choose your own ending) story. At the end of each chapter, I will post two alternate routes the story can take. All you have to do is vote on which one you want!