Waiting for life
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Last published Tue, Jul 29, 2014
Charlie Lee's life was dedicated to watching others through her dusty old window. She loved to watch those who still truly believed that they could make a difference in the world. Charlie would laugh at their ignorance, their inability to see how damaged and stupid the world truly is. That is till she meets the new principal of her high schools son, the ever so cheerful Jamie a.k.a. Jem. When these two opposite teens are forced to write a novel together for a school project, Charlie will learn just how wrong she was about the world and the people who live inside it.
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