In 1957, a young girl is torn between life in the neighborhood she grew up in and fitting in at the school she now attends.

In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.

Joel Higgins has 901 unsent text messages saved on his phone. Ever since the thing that happened, there are certain people he hasn't been able to talk to in per

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