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Book Review: Sophie & Carter

Book:      Sophie & Carter Author:    Chelsea Fine Link:         Amazon.com: Sophie & Carter Summary: Sophie and Carter live in the bad part of town. Sophie's mother is never around to take care of her four children, so the job falls to Sophie until the kids run out of money. Carter takes care of his mentally unstable mother so the state won't take her away from him. They're seniors in high school, minutes away from graduation and life is starting to weigh down on them. Their only escape is sitting on the swinging bench on Sophie's front porch at night together, talking about everything and nothing at all. At school, they pretend not to know each other to make their lives a little easier. Who needs high school drama when your life is slowly falling apart at the seems? All Sophie and Carter need is each other to hold on to so they don't fall off the edge. Review: I started reading this book with high expectations. Amazon reviewers praised it, the su