This Strange Thing We Call Life
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Last published Fri, Nov 3, 2017
Saint Michael's School for the Mentally Ill: a boarding school for troubled teens, unable to function in the outside world. Full of people with many disorders ranging from eating to personality and everything in between. In dorm 406 sleeps a girl, but not any girl. Zoe Collins.
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What's up guys? I'm back! Super excited for this book. I promise you won't be disappointed!
Edited by my good friend Mandy <3
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