Shades Across the Lawn

Moving to Copperdale with her close-knit family her structured military father, her warm, artistic mother, and a house still half-filled with moving boxes was supposed to be just another routine fresh start for Lara Kim. But starting over at Copperdale High means navigating a razor-thin social hierarchy, endless stares, and the constant urge to hide the distinct vitiligo patterns tracing across her skin.

Enter Aaron-the quiet, ridiculously charming boy next door who seems completely unbothered by school politics- and his fiercely protective twin sister, Anissa, who wears her own vitiligo-like armor. When Aaron publicly chooses Lara over the school's social elite, he drops her straight into the crosshairs of Copperdale's reigning queen bee, Chloe.

As late-night conversations across the lawn turn into electric moments under the lights of The Neon Skate, Lara finds herself stepping out of the shadows. With the steady love of her parents at her back and a growing connection right next door, Lara must decide: will she keep hiding behind her defenses, or embrace the life-and the boy-waiting right across the grass?

*This book was based on my gameplay in The Sims 4*