Kal on the Edge
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Last published Tue, Sep 16, 2025
How could someone know everything at eight and nothing at eighteen?
Kalista, once a child brimming with knowledge, feel so utterly lost in college. Frustrated by dreams she can no longer reach, she burns the scrapbook chronicling her "golden years," a fiery act of defiance against her gifted past.
But the flames unleash something unexpected: the memories within the scrapbook spring to life, flooding her dorm room with a chaotic blend of childhood wonder and adult anxieties.
Can confronting the ghost of her younger self rewrite her future?
Genre:
Young Adult | Slice of Life
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