The Tristen Life
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Last published Tue, Aug 7, 2012
Tristen "T" Vida lives a difficult life in Liberty County. She has no friends, no family, but many people that she struggles to survive with during her teenage years of Public School. Everyone, especially the posse of popular girls, bullies her, but there is that behind the scenes angel that she may never noticed. The story is told through the eyes of the main character, Tristen. Will she successfully graduate from the "School of Hard Knocks"? Start your reading with the Prologue so that you can dive right into the ocean of Tristen's life.
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