Welcome to the world of Mia Marie Brooks. Your athletic, smart, tomboy and bad girl who intimidates most people at Del Rey High School, in California.
Everything was going good for Mia. She had good grades, is captain of the girl's varsity soccer team for school, and she had a boyfriend, the bad boy, Ethan Copeland. But a lot of things change.
One day at lunch, Mia meets Isaac Graves, the new kid and another school bad boy, who was transferred from Kale High School, all the way from Florida.
Who knew what little one person can do to change another's life. Find out what Mr. Bad Boy, Isaac Graves, teaches Miss Bad Girl, Mia Brooks, in What The Bad Boy Taught Me.
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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