Still Here

About the BookSeventeen-year-old Amber Hillstrom has mastered the art of being invisible. She drifts through the hallways of her Michigan high school like a shadow-silent, watchful, unseen. Until a cruel comment in the cafeteria cracks her carefully constructed quiet, and a small act of kindness becomes an unexpected thread toward connection.With lyrical prose and aching honesty, Still Here follows Amber as she navigates loneliness, self-doubt, and the tentative beginnings of hope. Between journal entries, napkin notes, and sidewalk chalk hearts, Amber begins to wonder: what if being seen isn't the same as being exposed? And what if being known-truly known-isn't something to fear?This is a story about staying. About softness in a loud world. About the quiet bravery of showing up-one word, one glance, one page at a time.