Category: Young Adult

She wished she were back home in her bedroom, but with only one chapter left before she finished the geography book that her mother bought for her, along with several other books, at the start of the summer vacation, Leah was almost out of reading material and needed to go on this shopping trip.

This was his regular spot, chosen because it was in the shade at this hour of the day. The trunk of the oak tree was a few feet in front of him, not close enough to conceal him from his classmates, but near enough to offer him a sense of security and shelter. His backpack that had been slung over his shoulder was now set beside him.

But we weren’t going to let him bully us or anyone else anymore. We were going to stand up to him and defeat him once and for all. He might be big, but all of us together were bigger.

“Kids are more advanced these days. The teenage years now start at 11.” –...