Once upon a time, there was a girl named Bethany who always dreamed of being a professional beauty professor. She had been working at the beauty salon for 10 years, hoping to get a life-changing opportunity, but that day never came. Everyday she would check off her calendar, with the same pink highlighter. One day, Bethany came to work (a little late as always), and saw her boss and workers waiting for her. She hurried down the stairs and heaved her tattered pink, faux leather bag on the table. “Ms. Carter, I have a very important announcement to make. We sat here waiting for you for the past 10 minutes!” exclaimed Roberta, her boss, frustrated. “Sorry, Ms. Miller. I had to pick up something at the-,” Bethany blurted. “Oh never mind that, come and hurry over here so I can announce the big news.” Ms. Miller interrupted, impatient. Bethany quickly shuffled over to the circle, waiting for the big announcement. “Hello, everyone. Now that Bethany has arrived, I ...
Keepers of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
Keepers of the Lost Cities is about a girl named Sophie, who’s just a normal teenager. Then, one day after school a boy named Fitz finds her. He tells her that she’s an elf, with the ability of a Telepath. At first Sophie is amused, but soon finds out that he isn’t joking. It all started when she was 5 years old and she hit her head. She was rushed to the hospital by her neighbor Mr. Forkle. Then almost instantly, she could read minds. She then visits Fitz again the next day and meets his family. They tell her that they’ve been searching for her the last 15 years. Then, they discuss attending Foxfire with Fitz, There she learns to improve her telepathy and learns that she has more than one ability. But in order for her to be an elf, she has to remove her human family’s memory of her. This means that her family will never remember her and still breaks her to this day. Since she can’t live by herself, Sophie gets a foster parents. She meets Grady and Edaline who have ...