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Dear Teen Me: More Letters from Authors to their Teen Selves

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Parts 33
Time 2h 31m

EKristinAnderson

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We hope you'll be inspired, shocked, amused, and touched by this selection of letters from the DearTeenMe.com website. 'How awesome would it be if authors wrote letters to their teen selves?' A year and a half later, you can pick up DEAR TEEN ME from Zest Books, read more on the website, or just kick back and enjoy the selection we'll be posting here.  Co-curators: E. Kristin Anderson and Priya Chand. The individual letters are property of the contributing authors.  We can't guarantee your head won't explode from the mix of angst and excitement, but you *will* enjoy the ride.All Rights Reserved

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My Lovely Life by shiraka143

Alessandra Bianchi , A pure innocent girl merely 16 years , who has never been given a chance to step out in the real world is gonna face a drastic change in her life ..... 12 years ago a the Italian mafia's " princess " was snatched away from the arms of her family.... Alessandra who knows nothing other than abuse and rules given to her by her step-parents whom she calls "sir" and "ma'am". She always imagined having a loving family - a loving father, caring mother and protective brothers ... Never getting an opportunity to step in the outer world aurora is unknown to things every human knows about .... she's a innocent girl who has always watched the outer world through windows and sounds what will happen when one day the capo of the Italian mafia bursts through the doors of aurora's house to take revenge from the "drug dealers " aka her step-parents... Will the universe unite the broken brothers to their missing mafia Princess ?? Will Aurora will be able to cop up with the busy and crazy while complex world ??? #1 mafiaprincess : 2 Dec 2024 #1 babied : 2 Dec 2024 #1 innocent : 2 Dec 2024 #1 scared : 6 Dec 2024 #1 italianmafia : 6 Dec 2024 #1 longlostsister : 6 Dec 2024 #1 longlostsibilings : 6 Dec 2024 #1 italian : 18 Dec 2024 #1 mafiabrothers : 18 Dec 2024 #1 abused : 18 Dec 2024 #1 in Top 10 in India 🥹💗🔥 -2 Dec 2024 -3 Dec 2024 -4 Dec 2024 -6 Dec 2024

Chemistry by Teddy_writes

The school knows Ezra as the mysterious badass who always speaks her mind, but the truth is that she is barely holding on. She is forced to work long hours to support herself and her depressed mother and just wants to be reassured and loved by someone. Avery is the smart quiet girl in the back of the class who is way to awkward to talk to anyone other than her best friend, Ally. She hates being called the innocent and sweet girl, she longs to be taken seriously and to one day stop being so afraid to show confidence. What happens when Ezra starts failing Chemistry and is forced to have a tutor who constantly drives her crazy? Will Ezra finally feel like she is being understood and let her guards down? Will Avery be able to build her self-confidence hanging out with Ezra? Will these two fall in love? You can figure it all out if you read this book. Also this is a rough draft, beware. #1 in girllove 6/11/20

My crush on the Cheerleader (gxg) by WildcatData06

Addison is gay and has a massive crush on a cheerleader at her school. A cheerleader who is supposed to be 'straight'. But as the school year progressives so does Addison's confusion about Blair. Maybe Blair isn't as straight as she seems... ---- "So a little birdy told me that you might have a crush on me, Is that true?" She questioned. My cheeks went crimson as I looked at her inquisitively, she was so close I could kiss her in less than a second. I kept my composure though and replied timidly "N-no. Who said that?" She looked me up and down and I'm sure...well 99% positive that she stared at my lips the longest. "Well your eyes are telling me different," She responded voice low like a whisper. "What do you mean?" I asked slightly biting my lip from nerves. "Your pupils are dilated which is a sign of attraction to a person," She said licking her lips. "Oh and by the way you look cute when you bite your lip." --- Info about me: Hi, my names Emily. This is the first full story I wrote so I hope my writing has improved since then 😅. Anyway I hope you enjoy 🥰 ***This story should only be on Wattpad. Any copies of this story elsewhere are not with my consent*** ----- *Original story* #1 gxg 14/7/19, 27/7/19, 5/8/19, 7/8/19, 8/9/19 #1 Bisexual 17/7/19, 3/1/2020, 3/6/2020, 9/6/2020, 28/8/2020 #4 LGBT 21/7/19 #3 LGBT 15/9/19 #1 Gay 24/7/19, 21/7/19, 28/5/2020 #1 Lesbian 17/8/19, 14/8/19, 15/9/19, 23/9/19, 28/9/19, 7/11/19, 29/11/19, 2/2/2020 #1 LGBT 27/8/19 #1 YA 11/9/2020 #4 YA 27/9/19 #1 Highschool 15/10/19 #1 Teen 21/12/19 #1 Angst 5/1/2020 #1 Pansexual 11/1/2020 #1 lgbtlove 20/12/2020

Bad boys sister (gxg) ( UNDER MAJOR CONSTRUCTION) by lovergirl00530

Natalia is well Natalia. She's an average teenager who likes to party, have sex, and occasionally do drugs. With filthy rich parents she never has to worry about getting into trouble, because they of course bail her out of all trouble imaginable. But, unlike the average teenager Natalia is bi. She likes both genders and would take either or to bed. River is the over protective brother and the schools bad boy is very protective over his little sister, seeing as he's a year old than her. Along with river being over protective of his little sister he is also over protective of his best friend, Jane. Jane is unlike River and Natalia. Jane is pure and innocent. You know the bad boys attract good girls plot in the clique books? Well Jane just so happens to have a crush on her best friend, who just so happens to be the schools bad boy. So, to say Jane get upset when river gets an actual girlfriend instead of having his usual toy is an understatement. Cover made by: Lovergirl00530 Published date: March 9, 2018 Completed date: May 28, 2019

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𝑨𝒈𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒖 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒗 𝒕𝒐𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒕𝒊, 𝑻𝒖 𝑹𝒂𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒊𝒕𝒂, 𝑻𝒖 𝑲𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒉𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒊, 𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒊 𝒃𝒉𝒊 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒆, 𝑩𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊 𝒎𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒊. ~𝐀.𝐆𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐚 ◉ 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 - 𝟏 : 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 : 𝐓𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 ~ ( 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐘𝐀𝐀𝐆 𝐇𝐀𝐈 ) ⋆·˚˚°✦ 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝. ✦°˚˚·⋆ 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬 (𝐚𝐚𝐡𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭) 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. "𝐀𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚" "𝐇𝐦𝐦" "𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮" 𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. ˖ ݁𖥔 ݁˖ 𐙚 ˖ ݁𖥔 ݁˖

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Alessandra Bianchi , A pure innocent girl merely 16 years , who has never been given a chance to step out in the real world is gonna face a drastic change in her life ..... 12 years ago a the Italian mafia's " princess " was snatched away from the arms of her family.... Alessandra who knows nothing other than abuse and rules given to her by her step-parents whom she calls "sir" and "ma'am". She always imagined having a loving family - a loving father, caring mother and protective brothers ... Never getting an opportunity to step in the outer world aurora is unknown to things every human knows about .... she's a innocent girl who has always watched the outer world through windows and sounds what will happen when one day the capo of the Italian mafia bursts through the doors of aurora's house to take revenge from the "drug dealers " aka her step-parents... Will the universe unite the broken brothers to their missing mafia Princess ?? Will Aurora will be able to cop up with the busy and crazy while complex world ??? #1 mafiaprincess : 2 Dec 2024 #1 babied : 2 Dec 2024 #1 innocent : 2 Dec 2024 #1 scared : 6 Dec 2024 #1 italianmafia : 6 Dec 2024 #1 longlostsister : 6 Dec 2024 #1 longlostsibilings : 6 Dec 2024 #1 italian : 18 Dec 2024 #1 mafiabrothers : 18 Dec 2024 #1 abused : 18 Dec 2024 #1 in Top 10 in India 🥹💗🔥 -2 Dec 2024 -3 Dec 2024 -4 Dec 2024 -6 Dec 2024