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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 3 2026
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Some stories are told in court.
Some are told in whispers.
And some are rewritten by everyone except the one who lived them.
Angie is nine years old when she learns how truth works.
Not the kind you read in books.
Not the kind adults promise will set you free.
The kind that depends on who is speaking...
As her case moves toward trial, Angie is taught how to prepare-
how to speak,
how to sit,
how to tell her story the right way.
But outside the courtroom, another story is already spreading.
At school.
At home.
In grocery store aisles and quiet conversations.
A different version.
One she didn't tell.
One she can't stop.
When another girl's case unfolds alongside her own, Angie begins to understand something no one has said out loud:
Truth doesn't always win.
And sometimes, the cost of being heard
is everything.
This is not a story about justice.
It is a story about what happens
when truth is questioned,
when stories are taken,
and when a child is left to decide-
whether speaking is worth it at all.
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