Balconies
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Last published Wed, Aug 8, 2012
In a town where rumors spread like wild fire, Lilly Rogers finds herself unprepared for high school. As she has traveled through the years of being in this unusual school, she has kept the secret of a lifetime from her best friend and neighbor. She is in love with the older brother of her best friend. It goes against every code of girls there is. There is just one question left, is she willing to break it?
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