Summary: Girl In Pieces

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Some people have been through a lot at a young age and others have never experienced a struggle in their life. Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow the main character has been through numerous tragedies at only seventeen. She’s all alone trying to make it in the world.
Charlotte Davis isn’t like any other seventeen year old girl she has been through constant trauma in her life. Her mother abused her and kicked her out, her father died, and her best friend is practically brain dead. Charlotte is all alone in a big world, and goes through horrible experiences living on the streets. Girl in Pieces is similar to It Started with Goodbye, Tatum Elsea is sixteen bracing for the worst summer of her life. After being falsely accused

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