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When Wendy Geller's body is found in Central Park after the night of a rager, newspaper headlines scream,"Death in the Park: Party Girl Found Strangled." But shy Rain, once Wendy's best friend, knows there was more to Wendy than just "party girl." As she struggles to separate the friend she... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Rain Donovan: 16 year old girl who attends the exclusive Alcott school for the privileged and wealthy. Rain was born with a genetic defect, and although surgery was performed to correct it, she still struggles with speaking clearly. Many of her classmates have made fun of her through the years.
- Wendy Geller: 16 year old student at the exclusive Alcott school for the privileged and wealthy. Coming from Queens, Wendy doesn't fit in.
- Nico Phelps: 16 year old "bad boy" who attends Alcott school, although he comes from a middle class family. Nico has never completely fit in, but his supermodel looks have attracted the ladies so he is forgiven not coming from a proper family.
- Sasha: 17 year old who attends the Alcott school and who dates Nico Phelps.
Quotes edit
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“One of the things she says: "If you eat junk, you watch junk, you turn into ..." "Junk?" I guess.”
Rain's mom -
“"It's important to Wedny for people to like her.""So she becomes the kind of person people 'like' instead of the person she really is."”
Rain and her mom
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"In my dream, everyone talks except me."
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mariah Fredericks (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780375868436
Page Count: 212
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780375868436
Page Count: 212
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