Life's Like This
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A funny, honest, and cringeworthy account of two childhood best friends as they wade through the choppy waters of high school, romance, and life.
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Maeve Fox is a 16-year-old Junior at West Chester High School. Still the new kid in town, she is struggling to adjust to the popularity crazed environment. She's already made up her mind to despise everyone that walks the halls. As part of the athlete clique, she would rather be seen as her own person and not another individual fallen to the confining bonds that high school cliques hold.
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Blair Hart, a senior at West Chester High, struggles to bloom outside of her brother's shadow. Disregarding the cold arms of popularity, she is intent on remaining an outsider, observing the dramatic politics of the school.
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