Grey Sky
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Grey is the color of the gloomy clouds before rain. Grey is the color of sadness. Grey is the color of an eclipse. Grey is the color of what has become of Olivia Carter's life.
High school life isn't easy. But when your best friend disappears, when you're being bullied, and you have to leave school, nothing can save you. Something similar happened to Olivia Carter, a sixteen year-old girl whose life became a disaster, leading her to an unfortunate consequence. Will she cope?
Olivia had least expected this to happen to her, of all things. Grey... is the color of depression.
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