Willa Coffey hasn’t seen her father, Dwayne, in many years. He was abusive to her as a young child, and to her mother. Her mom ran away from their home in Pryer, Texas to get away from his abusive ways. They now live with Willa’s stepdad, Jack, and her two half sisters, Brooke and...
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Hawley and Red Bend High Schools have been rivals since the day they were built. Instead of war, they sort out their issues on the football field. Two of Red Bend’s best football players, Win and Bill Schwenk, live on a small dairy farm with their parents, younger sister DJ, and brother Curtis. When...
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For sixteen year old Cameron Smith, life is just a game, a game he very much does not enjoy. He is the less attractive and smart counterpart to his twin sister and has a crap job at a local restraint, The Buddha Burger. What he never expected, though, was to be diagnosed with the...
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Molly Moon is a boring, ugly, and probably the most un-interesting person on the planet. Dropped off at an orphanage, she also has one of the most miserable lives too. She gets into trouble a lot because she does not follow the orphanage’s strict rules. And, to top it off, she just had a...
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“The dog only a family could love.” Oogy, a white male pit-bull, was found abandoned bleeding to death on the streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with part of his face ripped off. He was only minutes away from death. Oogy, the two month old, was unfortunately used as a bait dog. (A dog that can...
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The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks was a very touching read that showed me that love is timeless and ageless. The book is told by the letters that were sent to Allie from Noah to show his love for her. Noah and Allie were brought together by friends and they really hit it off and...
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“089.00. I could say I’m excited, but that would be a lie. The number doesn’t matter. If I got down to 070.00., I’d want 065.00. If I weighed 010.00., I wouldn’t be happy until I got down to 005.00. The only number that would ever be enough is 0. Zero pounds, zero life, size...
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Fiction By: Laurie Halse Anderson Reviewed by Maddie Meagher Rated 5 out of 5 stars“I know my head isn’t screwed on straight. I want to leave, transfer, warp myself to another galaxy. I want to confess everything, hand over the guilt and mistake and anger to someone else. There is a beast in my...
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“I have no idea how I untangled the complicated process of words and thought, but it happened quickly and naturally. By the time I was two, all my memories had words, and all my words had meanings. But only in my head. I have never spoken one single word. I am almost eleven years...
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Ashley has been waiting forever to say three little words “I guess so”. They might not sound all that important, but when you have been searching for a family to call your own practically your whole life they can mean a whole lot. Ashley was only three years old “the day they stole her...
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