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Kara thinks she has it all figured out: a perfect life, close friends, and a bright future ahead. However, when she becomes entangled with a mysterious group, their hidden secrets start to unravel the stability she has worked so hard to maintain. Faced with new challenges, Kata must navigate friendships, trust, and her own sense of reality as the secrets of the group threaten to collapse the future she envisioned.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Michelle Falkoff
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