From Sarah Bannan comes a powerful and confronting young adult novel about bullying, gossip, and the devastating impact of standing by while someone is torn down.

When fifteen-year-old Carolyn Lessing moves from New Jersey to a small town in Alabama, she immediately disrupts the familiar social order at Adams High School. Beautiful, athletic, and seemingly effortless, Carolyn quickly becomes the girl everyone wants to know. She is welcomed into popular circles, nominated for homecoming court, and starts dating Shane, one of the school’s most admired boys.

But admiration can turn quickly.

When jealousy, rumours, and social media begin to twist Carolyn’s image, she goes from being adored to being judged, mocked, and isolated. A private video spreads through the school, friendships shift, and the cruelty around her grows harder to escape.

Told through the collective voice of the students watching it all unfold, Weightless shows how bullying is not only shaped by those who lead it, but also by everyone who sees it happening and does nothing.

Raw, unsettling, and deeply thought-provoking, Weightless explores peer pressure, cyberbullying, reputation, and the dangerous silence of a crowd.

✨ Genre: Young Adult / Contemporary / Literary Fiction
🌶️ Spice Level: Moderate to High (heavy themes)
📚 Series: Standalone

Powerful, emotional, and confronting—perfect for readers who appreciate realistic stories about social pressure, bullying, and the consequences of silence 📖