Autisticrepresentation Stories

Two artists. One sketchbook. A story about finding connection in a world that never felt built for you. Ash Lyren never planned to stand out. He prefers life behind the scenes - sketching stories, storyboarding dreams, and watching the world through a lens only he understands. Autistic, asexual, and quietly creative, Ash finds order in a life that rarely makes sense. Samantha Pyrel, on the other hand, shines where he fades. Artistic, witty, and secretly unsure of her place, she hides behind smiles and sketchbook pages of her own. When their worlds collide at Eastview High, what begins as a quiet friendship becomes something deeper - two artists learning to be seen for who they are, and to see each other beyond the noise. A story about art, identity, belonging, and the courage it takes to begin - because every connection, like every story, has to start somewhere.

Ash and Samantha made it through the beginning - the sketches, the connection, the quiet moments neither of them expected. But beginnings are simple. It's what comes after that gets difficult. In What We Don't Say, the second book of Sketchbook Hearts, Ash finds himself retreating further into his art as the world grows louder around him, while Samantha learns how heavy unspoken feelings can become. Misunderstandings deepen, friendships shift, and the lines between fear and honesty blur. As shadows stretch between them - created not by malice but by silence - both must decide what they're willing to reveal, and what they're afraid to lose. A story about communication, vulnerability, emotional distance, and the weight of words unspoken.

this story is about a shy girl who falls in love with a weird boy but in her eyes he's the most perfect guy she could ever ask for

Safe to say Robin had no luck when it came to her love life, she really didn't have much luck with anything. She never had time to worry about that with the thousands of thoughts that floated around in her head, thats when she met the most stuck up girl in Hawkins, Nancy wheeler.

I LOVE THESE BOOKS SO GOD DAM MUCH, I NEED TO RANT. (I did not write don't let the forest in or hazelthorn. I wish I did though) (Previously known as just DONT LET THE FOREST IN, this book will now include hazelthorn, another book by the same author) (THE COVER IS FROM DONT LET THE FOREST IN)