Vera is a young and responsible girl in high school who is trying to hold many secrets from her classmates about herself and her best bud. The only person who knows the secret that her mother was a stripper and left her at age 12, was her best friend Charlie. She struggles to keep her secret safe, explains her growing up experiences with Charlie, her feelings on becoming a young woman, and how she dwells on how she could’ve saved Charlie’s life. She solves her struggles by finally admitting and coping with her really being in love with Charlie all along. Her father as well faces and deals with his wife, Vera’s mom abandoning them, while that brings them closer together. Her dad supports her as she gains strength and courage to release the truth about Charlie Khan. This book would be best for the age range of 15 and up, or 9th grade and above. In correlation to the book, Vera undergoes a change of relationship with her dad and she matures with age, and after they both finish counseling and face the problems they have been hiding this whole time.
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