"There is no one like you." My breathing slows and I gasp for a bit of oxygen.
"There will never be anyone like you." I bite the inside of my lip, my pulse speeds up and I feel that at any moment, my heart might escape from my chest.
"You are the Phoenix. Rise from your ashes."
I am completely out of breath.
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When Phoenix Nightingale, student of Casper Peak High returns from spring break, she refuses to accept the fact that something horrifying if not amazing happened. It could be denial, it could be amnesia, but whichever it may be, she cannot understand why everyone looks at her like she killed someone and used their insides to knit a coat on national television. But the same hypocrites, look to her for help when a crisis surfaces. She has to break out of her shell and become the Phoenix; she has to rise from her ashes.
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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