{"product_id":"the-lightness-paperback","title":"The Lightness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Temple\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A teen thriller in the vein of the '90s horror movie \u003cem\u003eThe Craft \u003c\/em\u003e. . . 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Yearning to make sense of his shocking departure and to escape her overbearing mother--a woman as grounded as her father is mercurial--Olivia runs away from home and retraces his path to a place known as the Levitation Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce there, she enrolls in their summer program for troubled teens, which Olivia refers to as \"Buddhist Boot Camp for Bad Girls\". Soon, she finds herself drawn into the company of a close-knit trio of girls determined to transcend their circumstances, by any means necessary. Led by the elusive and beautiful Serena, and her aloof, secretive acolytes, Janet and Laurel, the girls decide this is the summer they will finally achieve enlightenment--and learn to levitate, to defy the weight of their bodies, to experience ultimate lightness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as desire and danger intertwine, and Olivia comes ever closer to discovering what a body--and a girl--is capable of, it becomes increasingly clear that this is an advanced and perilous practice, and there's a chance not all of them will survive. 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