A true short story I wrote in high school for an advanced writing class. All names have been changed. Only reveal I can legally give is that Emma is me. ***UPDATE: I decided to write the long overdue sequel to this (my downward spiral due to the emotional damages from… Read More

Tags: hurt, growing-up, young-adult, life-changing, emotional-trauma

At One Time

By anonymous14

Book / Fantasy

January 21, 2017

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

She is 17, preparing for her senior year in high school, preparing for college, preparing for moving out and facing the real world. A combination of stressful and inevitable events makes Kendall rely on something that she first encountered when she was nine years old. She ends up second guessing… Read More

Tags: depression, betrayal, help, young, life-changing

Life-Changing- Growing Old, Going Blind

By angellynn

Poem / Poetry

December 10, 2011

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Submission to MAmberConrads "Ooh,It's A Challenge" I chose Life-Changing that has to end with a cat. This poem is about the changes a person goes through when growing old. Lose of eye sight, memory lose, and the sadness they feel as their body changes. But really.. Do we have to… Read More

Tags: humor, cat, life-changing

Thanks to Anna

By Roselie Chase

Book / Young Adult

May 25, 2011

Comments: 15

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Noah is a delinquent who spends his days in the small town Cutler, Maine making trouble with a local gang. Anna is a straight A student with endless lists of charities and organizations which she volunteers for. After Noah begins questioning his life, he soon finds himself being apart of… Read More

Tags: depression, friendship, drugs, guns, violence, acceptance, denial, alcohol, second, gangs, chances, cigarettes, harassment, life-changing

Faith-Surviving Cancer(Novel)

By AnimalLuver08

Book / Other

August 25, 2010

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Faith. One person's dream, another's salvation. Faith. A little girl in New York who is fighting leukemia, barely winning, and doesn't believe in faith, nor hope, nor God. But when she meets Jocelyn, a willing donar, will her life be changed? Read More

Tags: death, leukemia, hope, life, faith, cancer, funny, laughs, smiles, life-changing