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Last published Wed, Feb 17, 2021
Harley MacQuoid has the perfect life, captain of the volleyball team, dating the quarterback of the football team, and rules the school alongside her best friends Loreli and Bella. She has always lived life in the spotlight, guys drooling over her, girls wanting to be her. But no one knows who she really is, do they? With her mom in and out of doctor's appointments, her dad coming home late every night either drunk or with hickeys on his neck, her boyfriend constantly wanting to push things to the next level, her life isn't as perfect as it seems.
When a party gets a little bit out of hand, Harley is met face to face with Kover Ryan. The same girl who has hated her guts since middle school. The same girl Harley and her friends have tormented since middle school.
Thrust into a new world, Harley meets a group of friends who call themselves "The Rats" and her life begins to change.
High School can be the best of times and the worst of times. Friend groups fall apart, people find out the truth about themselves, and hearts get broken. But Harley has it all together...right?
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