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Your phone buzzes. Then it buzzes again. And again. By the time you pick it up, there are 47 unread messages in the group chat. Some of them are funny. Some of them are plans for the weekend. And some of them are about a kid in your grade, and they are not kind. Group […]

You see it happen in the hallway. A kid gets shoved against a locker. A group laughs while one person stands alone, red-faced, trying to disappear. Someone makes a cruel joke in the cafeteria and everybody at the table laughs, except the person it was aimed at. Your stomach tightens. Part of you wants to

It starts with a buzz. You check your phone and there it is: a mean comment on your post, a screenshot shared without your permission, a message from an account you do not recognize. Maybe it is one comment. Maybe it is a whole thread. Either way, your stomach drops, and suddenly your phone, the

Middle school has an unspoken rule nobody wrote down but everybody seems to know: fit in or get left out. What music to like, what to wear, what jokes are funny, who to sit with at lunch. It can feel like your whole day is a test, and you are the only one who did

You hear it in the hallway between classes. Someone leans in, lowers their voice, and says, “Did you hear about Maya?” Before lunch, half the grade knows. By the end of the day, the story has changed three times, and Maya has no idea why people are staring at her in the cafeteria. That is