12-year-old science fiction author Malik Hazell is self-published. For more information about his latest novel, Exile to Obticus, check out his Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/writeorflight_/" title="@writeorflight_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@writeorflight_</a>

ALEX connects the dots

Teens have a lot to say about this complicated world — are you listening? Mood-swinging, dream-chasing, rule-breaking dramas and adventures. (Because puberty)