Meet the Cooper family: there's the Queen band member wannabe (and eldest brother), Haiden, the elder sister, Vivi, obsessed with nothing other than boys and piercings, the attention-seeking four year old, Finn and the cat named Snape. Caught up in the middle of it all is 'Kenzie, trying to make sense of her mad family and why she exists.Convinced she is the only normal one, Kenzie struggles to realise that each member of her family is trying their hardest to cope. To muddle through. When their parents reach breaking point and are bordering on divorce, they send the Cooper siblings to a distant relative in the Lancashire countryside, where their accommodation proves most eerie and rather intruiging indeed, leaving Haiden, Vivi, Finn and Kenzie to reflect on life after their youngest brother's passing, the 'other half', to Finn, the twin he never got to meet. And as secrets unravel themselves in the little Lancashire village they are staying in, the four find themselves struggling to keep muddling through. A great story if you like stories about life's ups and downs, capturing the personalites of the world's colourful and interesting people along the way.
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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