Shoot Like A Girl
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Last published Fri, Jul 4, 2014
Point.
Aim.
Fire.
Those are the three words Cassandra has been taught to use all of her life. Born in a broken household and witnessing her parent's death, she has become a cold and heartless child. Taken in by her teacher/spy, she is raised to become a ruthless assassin.
After being kicked out of her home and fired from her job, she became broke and penniless. Adopting her false name that she used while in high school, she transfers to a private school in Melbourne and becomes the nerdy Penn Brooks. Confused and perplexed about her own identity, she is trying to mentally and spiritually search for herself.
Will Cassandra be able to realize who she really is, or will she be to attached to a role whom she is not?
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