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Outgrowing our Pasts

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Reads 162
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Parts 8
Time 1h 6m

Lorrie Carter, 18, is, supposedly, just a bad boy with a not so bad boy name. New to the local high school, and suffering from the burden of overly ambitious and pushy parents, Lorrie is taken in by the popular crowd, the classic 'bad boy' group.

Bea Woods, 17, has a lot that she wants to forget, and not much that she wants to remember, apart from her Dance variations. Moving from England, following her Dad's new job, Bea is enrolled at the local high school, where she endeavours to move on and put her past behind her.

When their paths cross, they are forced to address questions and events that they have buried deep in the back of their minds. To the world, they appear as polar opposites, but they will grow to realise that there is more that bonds them together than their desire to forget. 

Outgrowing the connotations of one's name is a truely wonderful thing, but can it ever happen?All Rights Reserved

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Who's Backpack? ✔️ cover

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Completed ✔️ Judy Jones, a seventeen-year-old girl, is accepted to a high school called 'Lakewood High' in Semeton Town. She is really smart, pretty and is very good at sports so, people call her 'All Around Perfect Girl'. She doesn't make many friends because she likes to keep things to herself. One day she stumbles upon a backpack that was under a tree on the field. She takes it home and finds out a few of the personal secrets and more. Nathan Kyle, a seventeen-year-old boy, has been going to Lakewood High for two years and people know him as 'Bad Boy' because he steals all of the girls with his good looks and charming eyes. Literally, any girl would fall to his feet if they had a chance to. He is really close to his group of friends: Noah, Matt and Joey. They will all feel heartbreak, loneliness, happiness, sadness, curiosity and most of all love.