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This book tells the tale of a twelve-year-old girl doing her best in desperate circumstances, including abandonment by both a well-meaning but drug-using father and a promiscuous mother. She experiences a lot of stress, including forced residential treatment from which she escapes to travel across country with a male friend whose plan of a revenge murder is unknown to her. She is ultimately contacted by a mystical being who is tasked with helping to heal this planet. She learns some strange and unorthodox methods of defusing her friend's anger, ultimately changing his life and future life on the planet. This is a tale of adventure, humorous at times, of a young woman overcoming odds with her toughness and resilience.