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Book Summary: Ripple By Mandy Hubbard

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A story of a young girl ripped away from all fun and friends throughout her high school years all because of a dark secret she hides that no one must find out. Ripple by Mandy Hubbard is a fictional teen book about Lexi, a girl who hides herself from the world to hide her secret, a secret so big that her boyfriend died because of it, or did he? The main character Lexi tries to go through high school unnoticed, but when old friends bully her, and cute foreign guys start noticing her, will she be able to stay unnoticed.

The conflict that drives the story is what is that deep dark secret Lexi tries her very best to hide? What is so tragic that she can not let herself fall in love or hang with friends. That she must stay away from the people
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