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The movie was about this thirteen years old girl her name was Tracy who was a straight A student and close to her mother but also she had a troubled home life. Although all of her troubles began when she started hanging out with Evie who was the prettiest, popular girl in school. Tracy started changing from her outfit to her attitude towards her family and friends. Also Evie lead Tracy down the path of drugs, sex and petty crime like stealing money and other stuff from the store, but before long her mother realize that she needs to step in in order to stop Tracy from ruining her entire life because of her destructive lifestyle.
The school had a lot of diversity because in the movie they were Hispanic, white and African Americans. Although

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