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The Light Maya Hid
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Series: The Book That Found Us, Book 2
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ISBN13: 9798952365070
Publisher: Inner Flames Publishing
Published: Aug 20 2026
Pages: 298
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Inner Flames Publishing
Published: Aug 20 2026
Pages: 298
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Light Maya Hid is a young-adult novel about fourteen-year-old Maya Bennett, a capable student whose attendance, grades, and behavior begin deteriorating as violence at home consumes her attention.
Maya spends her nights protecting her mother from an abusive husband and her days concealing what is happening. Her older brother, Malik, has disappeared onto the streets after confronting their stepfather during a violent assault. At school, Maya's record shows lateness, absences, incomplete assignments, and defiance. It does not show the responsibilities and fear standing between her and the classroom.
Maya spends her nights protecting her mother from an abusive husband and her days concealing what is happening. Her older brother, Malik, has disappeared onto the streets after confronting their stepfather during a violent assault. At school, Maya's record shows lateness, absences, incomplete assignments, and defiance. It does not show the responsibilities and fear standing between her and the classroom.
When Maya finds an old, untitled book at the library, its mysterious questions challenge her understanding of silence, loyalty, and responsibility. Telling the truth does not produce a magical rescue. Instead, Maya must navigate temporary displacement, institutional intervention, fractured family relationships, and consequences she cannot control.
As Maya's family begins rebuilding, she must learn that she is not responsible for saving everyone she loves and that her worth does not depend on how useful, quiet, strong, or resilient she can become.
The second novel in The Book That Found Us Series, The Light Maya Hid explores domestic violence, youth homelessness, educational barriers, student retention, coercive control, personal identity, and the difference between accepting help and surrendering ownership of one's life.
As Maya's family begins rebuilding, she must learn that she is not responsible for saving everyone she loves and that her worth does not depend on how useful, quiet, strong, or resilient she can become.
The second novel in The Book That Found Us Series, The Light Maya Hid explores domestic violence, youth homelessness, educational barriers, student retention, coercive control, personal identity, and the difference between accepting help and surrendering ownership of one's life.
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