A Million Reasons To Smile
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Last published Fri, Jul 31, 2015
Some people say, when life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, give it a million reasons to smile. But sometimes it's easier said than done.
Aubrey Williams, 15 year old girl, has a brilliant life, one that many envy. Until her parents loose their jobs. All her glitz and glamour disappears in the blink of an eye, washed away spray tan, hair turning back to brunette, a major growth spurt forces her to part with her glamorous clothes. Her parents are selling all of their belongings in order to get some source of income, and are suffering greatly.
Until they make a drastic decision. They decide to move from Washington, to Miami, a huge journey, far away from her friends she has bonded with so well. Taking her pets and family with her, she moves within a weeks notice to start her teenage years again, fresh.
How will she settle in, and will she make friends, having her popular status snatched away from her, to an average girl.
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