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Everyone. You have to keep everyone at arms length. Never get to close because before you know it... There gone.
Amelia has gone throughout her whole life of losing people. First her dad, her mom, and now all her friends. New school. New place. New...guardian. Her mom died in a car accident and now she's going to stay with her grandparent(s). Who she's NEVER met. Then her dad comes back and turns on her. She ends up at a girls home. She goes to live with no adults with her friend.
Take the ride with Amelia as she realizes that not everyone's going to hurt you.
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