this world of broken people
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Last published Sun, Jun 7, 2015
When sixteen, almost seventeen-year-old Charlotte Carey, the victim of a crash that killed or hospitalized everyone she cared about, is placed into foster care, the last people she is expecting to meet are Evan, Tony, and their unique group of friends. She enters their lives a shattered mess, but through a series of adventures and experiences, they all teach her it's okay to be broken.
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