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Everyone says, at least once in their life, "My life sucks", but I say that every day. My life is a big mess, my friend's lives are worse, and even my dog has a pretty bad life.
The name is Dorothy, Dorothy Hannah. I live in a fairy tale, where there is no Wizard of Oz.
I swear, Mother Nature got bored and decided to make me and my friends the characters from 'The Wizard of Oz'. Zac got in a car accident that gave him long-term memory loss and a stutter. Robbin had heart surgery 11 times throughout his life and has awful asthma. Connor has ADHD and social anxiety. As for me, my parents died from a tornado, what a coincidence, and my aunt, who I live with now, hates me.
So yeah, my life is one big fat messed up fairy tale, and we can't go running to Oz to change that. We do have one thing that should just belong in a fairy tale, the bad witch, Gabbi Roberts. She's the queen bee at my school, and for some odd reason, she hates Zac, Robbin, Connor, and I.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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