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Mind and Matter

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Time 6h 4m

drama family friendship highschool love romance school teen teenfiction teenlove youngadult

Emerson Castell loves facts. Enjoying the how and why of everything, she never fails to let her obsession seep into every aspect of her life, including her relationships - or lack thereof.

Leo Caruso is no stranger to a busy social life, but after his emotionally absent father ships him off to live with his grandparents a few states away, peace and quiet is all he craves. His plans are simple: survive senior year and never see this town again afterwards. 
  
Until the curly-headed encyclopedia enters his path with a proposition to change his life - and maybe hers too along the way. Except Emerson's big idea never said anything about love...and their lonely hearts start falling fast.All Rights Reserved

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The Beard by sky_is_limit

Addressing the face of ignorance? Check. Suddenly getting hit with reality? Check. Wondering how things can change so abruptly? Check. Who knew coming back from summer vacation could lead to so much heartbreak? Emerson "Emie" Badgley sure didn't. She expects to come back to a basic senior year startup with her best friends flanking her side and her boyfriend clutched close. After all, Emie is a nice girl, and she's in a darling relationship with local dream guy Sebastian Caldwell. Sebastian is the perfect gentleman and boyfriend. Well, for Emie anyway. Living in a small town, they've known each other since childhood. As far as any school sweetheart goes, Sebastian and Emie are it. But when Sebastian returns from vacation with his family, there's a noticeable change in him and Emie can't place what. As she tries to take their platonic, conservative relationship to the next level, Sebastian withdraws-avoidance and arguing are what they resort to. With such an abrupt reaction from him, it leaves Emie to ponder just what the issue is. Why is Emie's wish to take their relationship to the next level such a huge problem?

The Hidden Truth by J_eliza

"He takes pleasure in seeing me cry. As he walked away he gave one more blow. I think I heard a rib crack." - Eden Holland. 16 years old, a junior at Echo Wood Highschool. Her parents are divorced. Her mother left her with her abusive father When she was 6, he wasn't always abusive. She hates every morning and every night. She has many secrets. Will she tell anyone? Will she share all of her secrets? - Sage Reed. 17 years old, a senior at Echo Wood Highschool. Town 'bad boy' who was suspended for a year. He has secrets of his own. - What will happen when the two meet? Will there be love and freedom? Or will there be more hurt and damage done? - "I swear, I fall in love more with you everyday." He says before kissing me. - *Mature content*

Healing Hearts (Third and Final Book in the Friendship Series: Nelly's Book) by PlutoMoy

Neela Simmons is really good at hiding things, like the bizarre reason why she's addicted to Twizzlers. and why she hid away all summer in her room. However, at the arrival of a new student at school there's Leo Marshall who warms her like no other, her personal sun. Unlikely annoyances from the past come all the way from Washington to drag her down, but she knows better than to believe a lie. Her friends remain a constant source of strength, Selena, Jason, Michael, Bianca, Mia and Benjamin and now Michael. Her heart continues to heal, is she ready to risk it for a new friend or is she simply hoping?

Loved, at last by lovelyydeerss

Jax Ezra Miller is an 18 year old British boy. At school he is always quiet at works hard for his education. He lives together with his father in a small semi detached house just in town. His mother died when he was a few months old, suicide. Until the age of eleven Jax lived quite a normal life, one day things took a turn, his father became abusive towards him. Why? because Jax found a photo of him and his mother that he had never seen before. From that moment his father said that she committed because she was unhappy and depressed after Jax was born. But why was she smiling so brightly then, if he was the reason she died? Louise Hanna Schmid is a 17 year old half Swiss and half Belgian girl born and raised in England. When her mother got a new job her parents decide to move to a new city, a new start. Something Louise was actually really happy about. After a difficult time at her last school she can't wait to start over again and hopefully make some new friends. Well easier said than done, trusting people was something she struggled with a lot. But when she eventually meets the right people, trusting became very easy. Her dream came true, true friends and maybe something more.

Our painted memory by accidentbychoice

Two teenagers, a boy and a girl, are such best friends, they are inseparable. Until one day they get into a terrible fight that ends their friendship. Not long after, she graduates high school and he believes he will never see her again, until a few months later he ends up having to live with her for the next few months, but when he sees her she doesn't seem to remember him. What's he going to do now, is he going to fix their friendship and start from the beginning as his heart tells him, or is he going to leave things as they are?

Memory Lane by Liz_Plum

Laura Laurier was spontaneous. She was a passenger on the ride of life, uncaring or unaware of the turns she took. She just followed wherever the road led her. Until one fateful drive, where giving up control cost her nearly everything. After refusing to drive on a trip home from dinner with her parents, Laura's father stepped into the driver's seat and drove down a path that he and her mother would never come back from. Now, forced by the pitfalls of life to move in with her Aunt June, Uncle Tim, and cousin Allen in Bennington, Vermont, Laura has taken the wheel and refuses to give it up ever again. At her new school, Laura is determined to start over. In order to pretend like her past never happened, no one can know why she needed to move to Bennington. Jesse Ashford was always in control. In the ride of life, he jumped in the driver's seat to speed down his path, trying his best to outrun his past. Once a close friend of Allen and his friend group, Jesse has since pulled back and stuck to himself. Outrunning their pasts led to them running into each other and when Laura and Jesse's roads cross, Laura tries to steer clear of him. However, Jesse is drawn to the mystery that surrounds the new girl in town. Now, Laura has to decide if she can remain in control while opening up to Jesse, or if the only way to escape her past is to stay in her own lane. *Complete*

Fading Hearts: A Tale of Lost High School Love by Abbadh_Books

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Where We Begin by gabyrinthhh

Josh Andrew Monte has always had a plan: survive, high school, get into a good pre-med program in college, and for the love of God, don't do anything that would make people look at him too closely. what he didn't plan for was Troy Callahan-his best friend since forever, the boy who makes life feel bigger, louder, brighter. The boy he's definitely, absolutely not supposed to have feelings for. Because lately, Josh has started noticing things he shouldn't. Like how troy's laugh feels like summer. Or how his smile does something stupid to his chest. Or how the thought of Troy dating someone else makes him want to set something on fire. And the worst part? Troy might actually feel the same way. Now, with high school ending and an uncertain future ahead, Josh has two choices: risk their entire friendship on someting that might be real... or pretend he never felt it in the first place. And honestly? He's probably going to pick the wrong one. A heartwarming and bittersweet coming-of-age novel about friendship, self-discovery, and the confusing, wonderful mess of growing up.

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The Beard

Addressing the face of ignorance? Check. Suddenly getting hit with reality? Check. Wondering how things can change so abruptly? Check. Who knew coming back from summer vacation could lead to so much heartbreak? Emerson "Emie" Badgley sure didn't. She expects to come back to a basic senior year startup with her best friends flanking her side and her boyfriend clutched close. After all, Emie is a nice girl, and she's in a darling relationship with local dream guy Sebastian Caldwell. Sebastian is the perfect gentleman and boyfriend. Well, for Emie anyway. Living in a small town, they've known each other since childhood. As far as any school sweetheart goes, Sebastian and Emie are it. But when Sebastian returns from vacation with his family, there's a noticeable change in him and Emie can't place what. As she tries to take their platonic, conservative relationship to the next level, Sebastian withdraws-avoidance and arguing are what they resort to. With such an abrupt reaction from him, it leaves Emie to ponder just what the issue is. Why is Emie's wish to take their relationship to the next level such a huge problem?