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I glared at him. "Well excuse me for being human." I sighed. "I just want to be like her too. I want to be able to be brave and beautiful and smart. I don't want to be on the sidelines anymore and watch everyone else take action and change the world and get everything they want."
"Then don't."
I glanced at him. "What do you mean?"
"Don't stay on the sidelines. Be brave and act, just like you want."
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Kaya Rivers considers herself to be the sideliner. The main character's best friend. The one who always watches as everyone lives their life to the fullest. She's constantly overshadowed and overlooked and she wants change.
So will a kidnapping, new friends, love and the discovery of a whole new world force her to step out of the shadows?
Yes it will. But how you ask?
Well, it all started with a video. . .
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