Alyssa Parker

Emma Olsen is now a high school freshman. Despite dealing with the aftermath of her mistakes in eighth grade, things are looking up for Emma when she gets romantically involved with someone who stood up to her bullies. Unfortunately, that relationship does not last long, and Emma proceeds a series of horrible mistakes throughout the school year, one of them so bad that the Olsen family loses everything they have. Plagued with guilt, Emma feels as if the world would be better off without her, so she takes matters into her own hands. Will Emma's mom forgive her daughter for her mistakes before it's too late?

Seventh grade is a tough year for twelve-year-old Emma Olsen. Living with her emotionally distant, critical mother and being the victim of endless teasing at school is enough of a challenge in itself, but when Emma experiences a series of unlucky events in a matter of months, she is trapped in the downward spiral of severe mental illness. Riddled with depression and anxiety, Emma is misunderstood by everyone around her, including her own mother, who labels Emma as an attention-seeking angsty teenager. Desperate to escape her hell on earth, Emma makes a life-threatening decision, landing herself in the hospital barely clinging to life. Will Emma learn to cope with her mental illness, or will she give into the despair and hopelessness, which almost took her life in the first place?