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    The Carousel and Other Short Stories
    The Carousel and Other Short Stories
    The Carousel and Other Short Stories
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    The Carousel and Other Short Stories

    By Sharon Haste

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    These short stories capture the struggle of growing up, entwining fears and reality with the strengths and vulnerability of adolescence. Bella, Grace, Lisa and Ava are young women who harbour secrets, live with adversity and struggle to make decisions that will not impact the world around them. But the ripple effect is like a spider's web that captures even those who don't want to be caught.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSharon Haste
    Release dateMay 8, 2017
    ISBN9781386913528
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      The Carousel and Other Short Stories - Sharon Haste

      Note From Author

      The Carousel and Other Short Stories is my first book of short stories for young adult readers. If you enjoy reading these and would like to read my novella Enough Time for FREE, the details are at the end of this book. Enough Time is the prequel to the first book in my Time Series of Young Adult Time Travel stories, The Last Time.

      I enjoyed writing these stories and hope you enjoy reading them.

      For Mark, Aliah, Tiana, Brittany and Jade - forever my strength and inspiration.

      Invisible Beauty

      Ava peers into the mirror, searching for flaws, her brow furrowed. She moves her body this way and that, craning to check every angle. At last, she straightens her back, satisfied, her full lips curving into a smile.

      ‘Beautiful,’ she whispers.

      Feeling comfortable with her body is new to Ava, and it thrills her. She remembers a time, a few years earlier, when she always avoided the mirror.

      At sixteen, Ava was shy, unpopular, and overweight. She changed from a normal, unassuming girl into a brooding adolescent almost overnight. Food was her only solace, and she ballooned from size ten to sixteen in a matter of months. With every ounce of weight she gained, Ava's self-esteem dropped until her mind became a dangerous playground. The old Ava never wore makeup, bothered with her hair, or cared about clothes. Her dark tresses hung limply on both sides of her round, often red face, and her wardrobe consisted of loose cotton shifts that hung from her shoulders like everyday linen on the clothesline. Ava withdrew from normal life, isolating herself in and outside of school. She wanted to be left alone and invisible. This worked well for Ava until one fateful day in August.

      It happens at the end of an ordinary school day. Ava is taking her usual short cut through the art building on her way home. She turns the corner and finds herself on the periphery of a crowd. They babble with excitement and jostle against her as they push to get near the front. She tries to break free but is pinned on both sides and can only shuffle forward towards the focus of the crowd’s attention. A flyer on the notice board jolts

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