The Girl Who Was Never There.

She has always felt caged-in: a life she despises, a body she resents, and a world that never seems to hear her screams. Behind the shield of anger, cold stares mask her at school, which only presses Jalen farther away-the one boy who once meant something to her. At home, she answers her mother's calls, running errands no child should. But when all that becomes too much to handle, Asia makes a decision-one final rebellious act against a life she never wanted.

On the rooftop, she is not alone: A girl with long black hair and haunting eyes asks to jump with her, and in that moment, Asia does not hesitate. They fall together.

But when Asia wakes up four years later, everyone's telling her there was never a girl.