When Water Becomes Thicker Than Blood
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Last published Mon, Sep 15, 2014
Michael, a young poet, is a loner and his mom is never home to care for him. Growing up believing that there was nothing more to his life, he begins to change his perspective when he meets his soon to be best friend Brian who, even though he is the polar opposite of Michael, shows Michael the brighter sides of life but what happens to them as they go through school, peer pressure and society's standard?
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