Identity
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Last published Mon, Aug 9, 2021
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*Book 1 in the Running Free series.* *Now Posting Chapters!*
i·den·ti·ty
ˌīˈden(t)ədē/
noun
noun: identity; plural noun: identities
1. the fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
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17 year-old Nicki Knight believed she'd be doing the same-old same-old she's been doing every summer for the past eleven years of her life; Earn some money working extra hours at her mother's diner, attempting not to get sunburn, and possibly teaching her lazy cat a new trick besides "lay down."
But that reality suddenly comes crashing down when her mother unexpectedly tells her a family from their past is moving to live in the same city as them. And that's not it; The Mom of said family is getting a job at Knight's Diner.
Suddenly Nicki is thrust back into a life with her childhood best-friends she never expected to see again.
She soon discovers, after secrets are revealed and a torrent of emotions are opened up, their identities aren't what she remembers.
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"Who are you, Drew Patrick?"
"Me?.....I'm nobody."
*Trigger warning: This book deals with issues such as bulimia, child abuse, PTSD, depression, and self-harm.
*Wonderful cover by @BloodyTurtle!
*First Draft!
*Winner of the Earth Awards Teen Fiction category! (August, 2018)
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