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Being trapped together makes it impossible to ignore their growing attraction

Girl in a Band examines the route from girl to woman in uncharted territory

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But Frannie claims she cannot recall what happened that fateful evening

Tomi Adeyemi

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leaving Kaylin vulnerable

delivers a beautiful meditation on nature

the family’s only daughter