Under The Surface
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Last published Sun, Sep 7, 2014
Antoinette Hawk is your typical, average, grade 11 girl. Ok; that's a lie. Her father is a decorated Marine, her mom is a felon in prison for 25 years, she's the strongest, toughest girl in her military high school and she is suicidal. A dangerous secret involving her mother creates a rift between Antoinette and her father after his return from deployment in Iraq. But can a boy she meets at her gym change her outlook on life, teach her to trust again and ultimately become her Life Preserver?
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