Survivor
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sur·vi·vor (n.) - To remain alive or in existence.
Simple, right? Not for Kate Morris. She's never been in a normal situation. With her parents murdered at the mere age of 5, she's been a little off ever since. At seventeen, her past catches up with her. With over a hundred robberies and several murders on her rap sheet, when she gets bailed out; her mentor, Luke, can't afford to look after her and sends her off to a public school in Los Angeles, California. California is not New York City and Kate's never been to school. . . she's either robbing a pour drunk's pocket on a Friday night or committing larceny for fun. With nothing left for her, she regretfully moves and ends up paying for her mistakes. As she struggles to fit in, she find's herself an outcast, though, no one would be second-guessing her if they were staring down the barrel of her personally engraved .9mm.
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