Echoes of the Past: The Velvet Journal

A teenage girl at a small-town high school stumbles upon a hidden journal from an unnamed former student—an elderly woman whose writing reveals pieces of a past life marked by servitude, survival, and unspoken strength. As the girl reads, she begins to unravel not just the woman's life, but also uncomfortable truths about her own assumptions, her family's history, and her quiet place in the world.

YA (8-12 Grade Level)