Dylan has always been the less crazy of her and her sister. However, with the start of Jen's senior year, the rigors of Jen's tumultuous social life start to cramp her friendships and time for other things--but she doesn't want to "let people down" with her obsessive personality. So she comes up with a "absolutely radical idea". Dylan can go to parties she can't go to pretending to be her! "It's perfect!" Jen exclaims. Dylan, though, sees a problem: "We don't look anything like each other." Ohhh sure we do, mousy sis. We came from the same womb! Anyway, get rid of the frizzy hair, ("thanks sis") ruddy complexion, and grow a little bit, and we look exactly alike!" "Or you could just get some frizzy hair, shrink a bit, and grow pimples!" "Haha, funny." But with the promise of more space at home, she grudgingly agrees. It's a choice that changes pretty much everything.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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