When a social outcast becomes friends with the girl with a bad reputation, both realize the value in taking chances.
High school is rough for anyone, but for Maerel, it is both her escape and her prison. Bullied by day by her vicious classmates and secretly terrorized by night by her alcoholic parents, she finds peace in her books, that and silently crushing on the schools resident rebel.
Pearla is just doing her best to survive school. Sick and tired of all the petty drama she’s forced to endure, she cultivates a mask of rebellious indifference in the hopes of deterring the attention of her peers.
When they meet, friendships shall be made, secrets revealed and chances taken in the hopes of better days. Will their new connection be strong enough to overcome both of their pasts? Will a prisoner of her own home finally be set free? Only time will tell.
A story of love and life set in a world of anthropomorphized animal characters featuring an arctic fox, a white tiger and more.
Content Warnings for physical and emotional abuse as done by parents, Alcoholism, homophobia, language, marijuana use, suicidal thoughts and PTSD.
Book cover credit to my always reliable and talented Nephew Basil Swiston.
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