Charlotte Halfpenny, unlike what the name alludes to, is actually quite rich.
Pretty and popular and smart and talented- everyone loves Charlotte. She is Angelwood High's sweetheart. But little do her teeming fans know, at home Charlotte is a different person. Since she was a baby, her parents knew there wasn't something quite right with her. She was... different, somehow.
Her parents can't really complain, though. She has perfect grades and the right extra-curriculars and she even speaks Spanish! Dead set on the path to success. What could go wrong? Now if only that new Indian boy in school could stop distracting her...
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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