The Dream Catchers
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Last published Mon, Aug 19, 2013
Have you ever had one of those long days where you just need to get out for a while?
Lena and Josie have felt like that since their freshman year of high school. Now that they're eighteen, they have the world ahead of them... But that's not what their parents planned.
Forced to attend different colleges to study law and medicine, Lena and Josie know what they have to do. They want to live wild and chase their dreams- and their dreams sure as hell aren't in Ohio.
California bound, there's nothing to stop two girls chasing their dreams... Except the fact that they ran away from home and have nothing but a few suitcases and the money they stole from their parents.
From the authors of My Walks with Benjamin, The Summer Game, PIPES, and The Power of Invisibility.
Cover made by @That0fNaught
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