The Ones We Leave Behind
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Last published Sat, Feb 20, 2016
Chris Milo is a social worker with five cases who he's having difficulty with. Each of them have scars both mental and physical that they just can't seem to over come. Chris then creates a group like program so the boys can help each other over come the hurt that they faced and are facing. The five boys are Carter Tate, 17, Raphael Benson, 17, Peter Hughes, 16, Kyle Thompson, 16, Jake Vickers, 16.
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