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WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. There are some friends you never forget. It's the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he's not welcome there. Enter Juniper Jones. The town's resident oddball and free spirit, she's everything the townspeople aren't-open, kind, and accepting. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that's bent on rejecting them. As Ethan is confronted for the first time by what it means to be black in America, Juniper tries to help him see the beauty in even the ugliest reality, and that even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer . . .

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

In the mist-shrouded hills of Dawn Arbor Academy, where ancient towers pierce skies, Princess Celeste discovers that her prestigious education masks a shocking truth. Beneath the veneer of elegant balls and classical studies, the school's most sacred magical traditions relay dark secrets and practices that has sustained her realm's power for centuries. As Celeste delves deeper into forbidden texts hidden in the library's shadowy archives, she finds herself caught between two worlds. One refined, intellectual sphere of higher learning she's always dreamed of, and a darker undercurrent of moral corruption that threatens to shatter her worldview. With her many unlikely allies , Celeste must navigate court intrigue all while maintaining the precise etiquette expected of a young lady in society. The ancient stones of Dale Doveland hold memories in their crystalline matrices, and Celeste's quest to unravel their secrets will challenge everything she believes about power, tradition, and the price of progress.

Saeya LaVell has been in survival mode since living with her mother and her abusive boyfriend before being rescued. Now, back in her hometown, she thought this would be a new beginning of her new sense of freedom, but a man she had befriended during her childhood has his sights on her. He will stop at nothing to have her by his side, to the point of even kidnapping and forcing her to live with him. After learning what she has been through, he promises her that he will get revenge when they learned her abusers are coming to town... #1 for wmbw #12 for Africanamerican Disclaimer and warning: Read at your own risk. It has mentions of SA and abuse. Has violence.

After the discoveries of book one Faustine and her friends embark on a new Journey to save their friends their home and maybe all the 7 lands.

Princess Faustine, a clandestine, self-taught magician, must embark on a perilous journey beyond her all-too-conventional kingdom to uncover a hidden truth and shatter an insidious curse that looms over her realm and the Seven Lands.

A Winter break love story. The Morgan's believe in hospitality. But is there a thing such as too much hospitality? Many people ask Kayla Morgan this all the time. Did she mind always having different people in her house? Did she ever get tired of so many people? But Kayla was just fine with their house/mini-hotel. Especially when she got to meet new people like Gavin Jackson. Gavin Jackson was visiting Georgia from South Carolina after his Uncle passed away. Dealing with his loss and the maintenance company he worked for at home, Kayla Morgan was a much-needed reminder of the simple things life had to offer. The cover is by CoffyisTheColor

*Excerpt. All 75 Chapters are on Inkitt only.* Hayden Cooks, a 23-year-old heiress to an aeronautics empire, is trying to figure out her career and love life after graduating from college. Choosing a different path from her family comes with judgment and hostility from her father. Dating, or the lack of, is another set of problems. Hayden can't seem to connect with anyone because her childhood friend and ex-boyfriend, Trent Gates, still holds a piece of her heart. The high school sweethearts had a wistful, affectionate, and fun relationship until Trent went away to college leaving Hayden behind. They went their separate ways and years later they unexpectedly meet again. After one random night of passion with Trent, Hayden finds herself pregnant. Unsure of what to do next, she makes a series of choices that will affect them. Their journey isn't a smooth road as everything seems to keep them apart. Maybe this is a sign for them to fight harder or finally give up. ~Started February 2018~ ~Completed July 2018~ ~Revised October 2020~ Intended Audience: New Adult/Adult (17+) ⚠️Some Violence. Mature Themes⚠️ #6 in Contemporary Lit 10/27/20 #10 in Diverse Lit 10/31/20 #10 in New Adult 4/19/21

Aishat Ibrahim has always had a perfect life. With her bubbly nature, her millions of friends with the inclusion of her best friend Emeka Justice, her millionaire boyfriend, and anonymous popular blog, one might think she fell from heaven. What happens to her when a mysterious Ahmed Kadiri comes to her school and tells her to open her eyes and stop being such a pollyanna. Will the glass she tried so carefully to place up finally fall?

This is based on a true story of a young male who was kidnapped at gunpoint while at a gas station. Make sure that you keep your doors locked at all times because at anytime danger is always lurking and looking for it's next victim.

Ewa must face certain death to able to take care of her sick little brother and survive the beast that is war AND the Beast she meets in the Ebora Forest. An Afro-centric tale of a warped Beauty and the Beast, where it could mean the death of everything she holds dear, or the salvation of her people.

A group of five friends who knew each other for almost all their lives learned how to keep their powers in check the best way they could for years. But when a tragic accident happens, it catches the attention of a secret institution. Finding out that there are other kids just like them, they decide to join the institution and get help with their abilities. What happens when they find themselves in a web of lies? Will they let their powers consume them? Or will they have to be apart of something even bigger than their own abilities? #27 outcast #41 outcast #60 outcast #82 outcast ~~~~~ I've been working on this book for over two years now and I'm so excited to share it with the world!

𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄: where two instagram famous people fall in love. join them on their adventure of love, friendships, hardships, maybe heartbreaks, and more. ©️ogblix started 2.02.2020 writing style inspired by instagram

poetry and prose depicting the everyday life of an uncultured individual

Leticia swore to never associate herself with any drug dealer after growing up with one for a father, but when West walks into her life everything changes. Jamiyah has never felt free until meeting Malo, but when Malo wants to start a family when Jamiyah is just nineteen years old she starts to feel a bit out of control. Follow these two sisters through their journey for love, peace, and happiness.

El Norry only wanted an unknown and comfortable life, but one man named Broderick Harvey made that impossible. She had rejected him, and he stalked her, forcing her to move from city to city. El decided to go to the one place that she knew he would never look for her; the Retsnom factory. The Angel of Death's son Jaeger and Pharaoh Ka were powerful allies, and El hoped that they would keep the evil that chased her away. What neither of them knew was the real reason for the harassment of El. No one could prepare for the violence that Broderick and his father would perpetrate on others to have her.

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A lonely kid focused on being the best he can be at school eventually gets targeted for his "teacher's pet tryhard" status. As the school becomes more group oriented to improve friendships, he denies working with anyone until he's bullied. Refusing to work with anyone, the fists end when the new girl offers to team up with him: after all, he's the only thing that doesn't make her tired.

Imagine what life would be like if we never had the brightness of the moon or the comfort of the stars. Imagine what it would be like if the sun set and the sun stayed blank. One way or another, there's a sense of optimism in those scenarios. Because the moon is here and so are the stars. For Aneesa there was nothing more beautiful to her than the night sky. She used to compare everything to its beauty. Art was her moon and color, her stars. Nowadays the moon is a misshapen block of cheese, overly colonised by the humans and the stars are only there to remind her of how far away they are from all her problems and how close she is to them. ------ I always thought that happiness was easy you know? I thought that if there's something I've always wanted since I was a kid, and I did my best to get it then it'd be like magic and It would all rush in and I'd be the person I'd always imagined myself to be. Well, news flash! I'm in London now living the dream life! Either completely unable to manifest positive feelings or on the verge of a panic attack. I can't even walk past a group of bloody teenagers without being scared to death that one of them thinks I look like a voodoo witch! Worst of all, I can't figure out why. My therapist thinks I should get a therapist, my sister thinks I should get a husband and my parents think I should go back home to live with the rats, dogs and wall geckos. And the worst of all those wild animals, my sister. But don't worry about me, I'm fine. Just woke up on the wrong side of bed is all.

𝙍𝙀𝙒𝙍𝙄𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝕊ometimes we play victims of crimes we committed, some against ourselves and others against the people we love. Chikamsi is an Influencer, making waves in Lasgidi Vault's newspaper and circle edition. Her best friend Chetachi has a lot going on and is oblivious to the fact that he needs to change. Tobiloba is a rising sports star, battling with bullying and faith,his last year at Jasper High brings him closer to Chetachi, and shows him what being a christian in the real world actually looks like. In a bid to escape from bullying and being too religious, he deviates from his path. A body conscious Gracious, who is more concerned about looking sexy then actually loosing weight is no match for Chetachi when the head boy falls head over heels in love with her.