Category: coming of age

• August 29, 2026

  Sweet Summer

  All winter Torrey counted the days until June when the sun was bright, the weather was finally hot enough to wear shorts all the time. With only a few babysitting obligations, she was mostly free to do whatever she wanted. And she was sure this year, the summer between 7th and 8th grades, was going…
• August 6, 2026

  Mr. Wrong

  The metal sound of clanking lockers amid the variable echoing rumble of a thousand adolescent conversations meant one thing… school had begun.  After barely surviving middle school, Katie hoped freshman year in high school would be the dawn of a new horizon with endless possibilities.   “I’m calling it the great awakening, because I hope it…