Catalyst
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After the suicide of her father, fifteen-year-old Natalie feels like she is the one that is solely responsible for keeping the rest of her family together. She masks the emotions she's feeling with smiles and cheeriness, and insists that other people not worry about her. She struggles to come to terms with the reasoning behind her father's suicide, and meets some interesting new people along the way.
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