Overview:
Meet Sawyer Green; 16, captain of the soccer team, Straight A student, life set for him, scholarship to Harvard almost determined, and hot. Huge ego
Meet Roxy Evans; 16, shuts the world out, writes diaries after diaries, moves from foster home to foster home, steals, had to watch her sister die in a fire, hates popular kids, has a big ego
When Roxy begins to flunk school, she is forced to begin a peer tutoring program; with Sawyer as her tutor. How will she deal with the egoistic boy who seems to be hiding something?
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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