Jake had been bullied and abused for most of his school days. He hated it. Abuse, school, people, and his life in general.
He even accidentally almost committed suicide. As you can tell, life didn't let him escape that easily.
After his Mother forces him to go to a meeting for kids who are "special" like him, he meets a few people he never thought he would've known.
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Maya has quite a few problems herself. Her mom suffers from cancer, and she deals with stress from school. She came to witness domestic abuse, which shook her up. Not to mention her long distance best friend puts all his problems on her.
She does her best to hide it, through the pain she smiles and laughs. No one knows how bad her life is, and the claws of depression begin to drag her in. When her mom suggests she goes to a therapy session with a few other kids, she decides to go. She meets people who will help her, yet make the pain worse at the same time.
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C.J. Hates his life. He lives under the strict rule of his parents, he is the middle child to a older more perfect brother and an athletic little brother, and lately his parents have been fighting more than he would have liked. His stress levels are dangerously high, and he doesn't have anyone to spill his feelings to. He is bullied at school, and his life seems to be falling apart piece by piece.
He starts seeing the school counselor, and she signs him up for a meeting with two other kids who suffer from stress and depression. Suddenly his life seems to get just a little bit brighter.
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Bound is a story about domestic abuse, depression, suicide, and the anxiety of being in today's day and age. They all eat away at teenagers, and it's getting harder and harder for them to cope with it. It's about how three teenagers meet, and how their lives take a turn for the better.
(Based off of three real kids)
"Where did you go?"
"What?"
"I have been coming here, waiting for you everyday, for the past week. I thought you were dead!"
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This is a story where Jamison, a suicidal teen, gets saved by a mystery boy. They only meet at night, the cliff being their meeting place. They never make plans to meet there and honestly Jamison would rather the mystery boy stop coming, but of course that doesn't happen, so he has to live until the boy decides to not show.
This book has heavy mentions of abuse, manipulation, and suicide. If any of these subjects triggers you, please don't continue to read, this is for your own mental health. Also, if anyone is struggling with anything mentioned, feel free to message me, I am always down to helping someone out.