The Art of an Introvert
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Drew loves to be home, be herself watching movies and just hanging out. It's her happy place. She doesn't seem to fit in with her friends, is not interested in the latest high school at her outer New York high school and has a workaholic mother who never seems to stop.
After being chosen to show a new boy around her school, since her principal likes her so much, she figures out that the boy actually belongs to the family who just moved in next door.
Bradley loves an adventure, he smokes, his favourite band is Nirvana and he has a sense of style no one's ever seen before. When he moves to the outskirts of NYC he wants more, desperate for a fast paced life. When he meets the introvert next door, they're so different. But they can teach each other so much.
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