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re: Novel The story begins with a nameless girl that has just moved into a beachside city. The most significant family in town believed to be witches, the Graces, attract her attention. Especially Ferin, one of the grace siblings, whom she had developed a crush on. After having an odd conversation with him, she is visited by his sister, Summer, during lunch. After having lunch with Summer a few times and meeting the third sibling, Thaila. They start talking about true names, a name that someone feels is theirs, even if they were given a different name. It is at this point that our narrator is given a name, one that she believes is her true one, River Page. River quickly became best friends with Summer and her siblings, and was completely

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