Kylie's Spark Have you ever felt as though all your troubles had decided to come crashing down on you at once, just to hurt you as much as possible and squeeze you out of this universe? Kylie, a new freshman, thinks this all the time. Life hasn’t got any easier since she left school, and friends haven’t magically appeared. And how could she have any friends when Kylie herself isn’t anything special? At least, that’s how she sees it. There’s only one way out – to escape into space.

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