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  • Sam Jones has grown up with a dream: to be the first in his family to go to college. He'd also like to not repeat his mother's mistake of having a child too young. While she eventually recovered her life, she and his father are irreparable. He has all this in mind when he meets Alicia. But somewhere ... Continue

    Sam Jones has grown up with a dream: to be the first in his family to go to college. He'd also like to not repeat his mother's mistake of having a child too young. While she eventually recovered her life, she and his father are irreparable. He has all this in mind when he meets Alicia. But somewhere along the way, it all goes wrong.

    

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Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam: his mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking anout college and he's met someone. Alicia.
Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one. He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?

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