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)
In which two ex-step-siblings reconnect after just about blowing up their family the first time around...
Three years ago, Maddie fell hard for Jacob Isaacs, the smartest boy in her school. The only problem was this: Her dad had quite literally gotten engaged to his mother. The two tried to dampen the flames of their burgeoning attraction for each other but not before they got caught and were the talk of the town for months.
After the fall out, Maddie moved away to try and start her life over and not be known as the girl who got caught doing it with her 'brother' at prom. She hasn't seen her family in ages and intends to keep things that way.
Jacob, on the other hand, has worked hard to accomplish everything he's ever dreamed of. He's stayed close to home, done exceptionally well at school, and is adored by just about everyone who meets him. There's only one problem: There's a Maddie-shaped hole where his heart used to be. But no matter how hard he tries to reach out and find her, he can't. She won't let him. He let her down and gave up on them when she needed him most. And she's not ready to forgive and forget.
But then Maddie's dad passes and she's forced to come home for his funeral. It should be a quick visit. She intends to make it one. But Jacob has other plans. He let his girl slip through his fingers once and he won't let that happen again. So now he has to convince her to give him one more chance. After all, they're not related to each other anymore.