Chasing Pavement ~The Write Awards Honorable Mention~
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Sadie King had lived on the streets her whole life, when she wasn't being bounced back and forth between foster homes and orphanages. She had her own little family of friends, a true family who she could count on, and she didn't need any parents. But then Bill and Emily Newman come along, the perfect set of foster parents, and for some reason, they want to be hers. She's taken into Upstate New York, her first time away being from her beloved city and actually enjoying it. She starts to think about giving up her past and spending her future with Bill, Emily, and Noah, the boy next door who she has a certain connection with. But what happens when ghosts from her pasts come to haunt her? Will she stay loyal and true to Bill and Emily, or will she continue to keep on chasing pavement?
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