City Lights
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Life for Kevin has been the same all his life, but he gets the chance to not only go to live in his dream city, but to write for the college of his dreams, who wouldn't take the chance? But when what looks to be an endless loop of bad luck happens to him, all he'll want to do is hang up his hat and go back home. That is until he meets his new neighbor Jazmine. Read along as we see Kevin goes through ups and downs with his new friend in his new life at the Big Apple. Will this be the life he was dreaming of, or will he turn back home?
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