chockatnvanilla
*"This story is inspired by true events. Some names, places, and conversations have been changed. The emotions, however, remain exactly as they were."*
People think borders are lines drawn on maps.
They're wrong.
The hardest borders are the invisible ones between cultures and identities, between expectations and dreams, between the person the world sees and the one you're still trying to become.
When nineteen-year-old **Lavin**, a German university student from an Assyrian and Kurdish family, begins her first year at university, she expects nothing more than lectures, exams, and the occasional sleepless night.
Instead, she finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about belonging.
As the academic year unfolds, chance encounters grow into life-changing friendships, ordinary conversations become unforgettable memories, and hidden truths begin to surface. Together, they navigate the complexities of identity, family, financial struggles, discrimination, and the quiet search for a place to call home.
**The Children Between Borders** is a coming-of-age novel about the generation raised between countries, languages, and expectations.
Because sometimes, the longest journey isn't crossing a border.
It's discovering where you truly belong.