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The Manhattan Project [rewriting]
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❝New York was their playground, everybody else was just living in it.❞
Boarding school might seem dull to the average outsider, but when Claire McKinley learns that she will be attending Highland Academy, things start to look up. What happens when the California native meets the elite, privileged teenagers of Manhattan? A story featuring love, friendships, and heartbreak.
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