Cracked
Author: K.M. Walton
In this gripping debut, a teen takes a bottle of pills and lands in the psych ward with the bully who drove him to attempt suicide.Victor hates his life. He’s relentlessly bullied at school and his parents constantly ridicule him at home.Bull is angry. He’s sick of his grandfather’s drunken beatings. And he likes to take out his rage on Victor.Determined to end it all, Vic….Read More
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