ONC 2024 entry-
London Hartley has had enough of the high school experience.
With a crush who never notices her, bullies who always do, and a former best friend turned queen bee who acts like a superior, stuck-up princess, London can't wait to get over with her senior year, already.
On the last night before her senior year kicks off, she sneaks away to her fortress of pillows and logs into her Wattpad account, ready to forget herself in another world. Before she knows it, she is already wishing on a shooting star to send her a knight in shining armour just like the one in her favourite book.
A desperate wish is always heard, and her's is answered the very next day. Only it isn't exactly what she had asked for.
The universe sends her the tortured second-lead bad boy, Alexander Nash, who she has always hated, instead of the golden prince, Aiden Peterson, she had wanted.
Now, she has to deal with an extra bully, who figures out almost instantly that she is the reason he has suddenly woken up in a different world.
But London has been perfecting her how-to-survive-high-school guide for years.
This time, she will survive all the bullies and the bad boys, instead.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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