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Seventeen-year-old Morgan is shaken when a car crash takes the life of her best friend Jimmy, a fellow actor who had dared to dream of the professional theater scene in Chicago. Between the grief of losing a companion who shared childhood escapades with her and the unfinished promise of a shared acting career, Morgan must confront her own hopes and doubts as she finds a path to healing and self‑definition.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: Coming of Age/Young Adult Coming of Age
Authors: Julie Reece Deaver
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