Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Ebook29 pages23 minutes
The Raft: A Short Story: The Raft Collection, #1
By Maya Goode
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
The innocence of children is lost on the children
The Raft is a story about Chanelle, a young abused girl looking to escape just like the heroes in the books she relishes.
We may dream of childhood as a state of joy and innocence, but children inhabit the same world adults do. The Raft is the first in a series of short stories where Maya Goode explores childhood with an unfiltered lens. From abuse, mental illness and suicide to first love and unending compassion.
This is a short story of 4,800 words.
Related to The Raft
Titles in the series (2)
The Raft: A Short Story: The Raft Collection, #1 Emily: A Short Story: The Raft Collection, #4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related ebooks
Sanity: Would You Risk Everything Just to Be Considered Human? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Good Daughter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElla Is One of Many Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSerenade: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The One: Journey to Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWithin These Bonds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFirst Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCome Destroy Me Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElla and the Elementals: Ella Finn Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCast Me Gently Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Valerie's Letters to God: A Spiritual Journey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dragon Shifter's Love Potion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAngel Blues Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Billionaire's Love Story, Book One: Falling In A Moment Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Journey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShadow Walker Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hard to See Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBicycles and Broomsticks: Lorry Landing's Resident Witch: The Resident Witch Series, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHanging by a Thread: The Sisters of Fate Paranormal Cozy Mysteries, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGift of the Unmage: Worldweavers, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love In Willow Creek Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe News from the End of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One but Many: A House of Secrets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHill Country Secret: A Clean Romance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Gum Chewing Ghost Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOuija Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDelano in Hollyhook Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAtravesar - To Get Across Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAwaken From Death: Born From Death, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPath to the Night Sea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Coming of Age Fiction For You
The Priory of the Orange Tree: THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Winners: From the New York Times bestselling author of TikTok phenomenon Anxious People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Heaven: Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Build Your House Around My Body: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Island of Missing Trees: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kingdom of Copper Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rouge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dutch House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Land of Big Numbers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If We Were Villains: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The God of Small Things: Winner of the Booker Prize Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sweet Bean Paste: The International Bestseller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Maid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Demon Copperhead: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Empire of Gold Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Final Strife Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Dark Vanessa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nightbloom: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Atlas Six: No.1 Bestseller and TikTok Sensation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Praiseworthy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cat Who Saved Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Battle Drum Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRegrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Woman is No Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shuggie Bain: The Million-Copy Bestseller & Winner of the Booker Prize Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
Ep 388: Books that take you off the beaten path 0% found this document useful6. An Education and a Fascination 0% found this document usefulHelen Keller: Ellie (age 5) tells her sister Sophie (age 7) the inspirational story of Helen Keller who overcame deafness and blindness.----more---- Helen Keller is born 150 years ago to a family in Alabama. At 18 months she was struck down by an illness and left deaf... 100% found this document usefulJollification (Santa Claus) 0% found this document usefulThe Vampire and the Tooth Fairy ?♀️ 0% found this document usefulS03.38: Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas: She's Good: Sarah and Jen swoon. 0% found this document usefulS05.12: Twinterstitial: Twins in Romance: S05.12: Twinterstitial: Twins in Romance 0% found this document usefulS02E51 The Pomegranate Seed by Edith Wharton 0% found this document useful18: The Yellow Wallpaper - Danielle Ryan 0% found this document useful179. The Allen House w/ Mark Spencer (Author of "A Haunted Love Story: The Ghosts of the Allen House") 0% found this document usefulEp 443: Backlist picks for immediate library hold gratification 0% found this document usefulWhen We Believe 0% found this document usefulRecovering Identity: Angeline Boulley Calls for a Reckoning 0% found this document useful✨Encore✨ The Vampire and the Tooth Fairy ?♀️ 0% found this document usefulReview: The Paper Palace 0% found this document usefulReview: New Animal 0% found this document usefulThe Connecting Power of Books – a conversation with Sarah Mackenzie 0% found this document useful
Reviews for The Raft
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The Raft - Maya Goode
Copyright Notice
This e-book has been provided for personal use only. You may not make this e-book publicly available in any way. Copyright infringement is against the law. If you believe the copy of the ebook you are reading infringes on the authors copyright please email info@divathpublishing.com
If you enjoyed a pirated copy of this ebook, you may pay for it at www.mayagoode.com/already-read-it-donation
For Josh and Annie
THE RAFT
The lock on the front door clicked, and Chanelle shoved the book under the twin bed. She closed her eyes and slowed her breath like she always did on mornings like this. It didn’t work, and Papa came in her room anyway.
It was late morning when he finally left and stumbled into the living room. Listening against the door, she heard the television start with a fit of static and the refrigerator door slam. Chanelle dragged her book from a hiding place beneath the mattress between the slats then, cracking the door, she tiptoed into the hallway so she could watch the living room without being seen.
The school librarian had given her a tattered copy of The Odyssey along with several other books when she was cleaning at the end of the school year. Chanelle released her brain on an adventure as her fingers turned the well-worn pages. After a month of reading the books over and over, she’d memorized the dog-eared pages and savored the dusty smell strong enough to cover the scent of spice and beer. The other part of her brain listened. When interrupted snores disturbed the air around the couch, she tucked
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1