Drowning
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Amy has had a pretty normal life. One day she discovers that the fantasies that had seemed so fake were so very much real. Her life begins to change even more when her family switches to a new school. Keeping her big secret will be harder than she thought it was, and her life may be at risk. The real challenge still lays: her secret has to be told if she wants to survive.
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