The American Dream
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Last published Sun, Feb 28, 2021
Dylan has been in the foster care system since she was 13 and her parents died in an avalanche while skiing. She has lived from New York to L.A. but one thing was always the same, no matter how good the house and the people, it never lasted. Then when she was sixteen and her fifth foster home fell through the cracks she found her self at a local food shelter in the town of Brentwood. Little did she know that that moment would her life forever.
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