Friends Like Us

This novella offers a personal, nostalgic look at the challenges of childhood and adolescence during the 1980s, focusing on a young boy’s experiences as he navigates moving to a new town and starting over in high school. Written by the author at age 19, the story reflects on early innocence and the universal fears of change and unfamiliarity. After sitting unpublished for decades, the author now shares this piece to provide insight into his earlier life, contrasting it with his later memoirs.