They just don't understand *Trigger warning*
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Last published Tue, Dec 20, 2016
Alaska is an ordinary 16 year old girl or so everyone around her thinks.
Deep down, she suffers with depression and anxiety that controls her life.
She can't tell anyone, not even her best friend Jodie because at school, she will get judged.
She starts to recover until a fatal accident leads her on an even darker path.
The most popular boy at school [Jake] tries to make her feel beautiful again but will he succeed?
This is her life.
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