Persisting Anyway
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Complete Tue, May 13, 20143h 58m
In first grade, Sydney Tate was all Carter could think about. As the years came and went, popularity claimed Carter and Sydney became invisible. Senior year presented itself with a trip to the hospital, which just might be the thing to get the dominoes falling... Romance, humor, sadness, excitement, frustration, stress, happiness, bliss... Persistence.
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