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The Journey [heavy editing]
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Ember Braxton is known as the loner geek of Hillman High. One can only label her as such that is with her big round glasses and her highly un-fashionable clothing. She was the main target for the Cheerleaders, Jock heads, and the entire student body.
But with a loner geek always comes a secret, Ember is also a girl named Milani, a well-known dancer building her way up on the social scale. She is admired by many and most at Hillman High think highly of her.
But what will happen when her secret is on the verge of being discovered will she have to give up the one thing that gives her journey meaning?
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