A Girl Called Whisper
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'Looking For Alaska meets Perks of Being a Wallflower
Cooper Nelson is a sixteen-year-old boy with crippling social anxiety.
Set in the London suburbs, his life changes when he falls for wild new-girl-in-town, Whisper.
She begins to bring Cooper out of his shell, plunging him into the world he always tried to avoid.
But a chance encounter one night and he discovers she is hiding a dark secret...
Weighed down by the enormity of her dangerous secret, Cooper finds himself fighting through his own anxieties to help save his new friend.
This is a story about mental health, abuse and first loves.
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