SNOW
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"It was amazing how long one could live in a cage, not realizing how trapped they were"
-Snow has lived under the shadow of her sister Rose her whole life. A quiet girl, she's content in this, the repetition of day after day helping at her father's bakery. But after one day -when her sister disappears, Snow must see the true nature of Applegrove- the small town that's all she's ever known.
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