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When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. But fire is dangerous and powerful, and tragedy strikes. His substance-addicted mother is taken from him. Then he loses the loving generosity of a favorite aunt. A brutal stepfather with a flaming temper and an evil secret makes his life miserable. The one bright light in Gerald's life is his little half sister, Angel, whom he struggles to protect from her father, Jordan Sparks, who abuses her, and from their mother, whose irresponsible behavior forces Gerald to work hard to keep the family together. As a teenager, Gerald finds success as a member of the Hazelwood Tigers basketball team, while Angel develops her talents as a dancer. Trouble still haunts them, however, and
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However, Tracy's father rarely sees her and her well-meaning, recovering alcoholic mother, Mel (Holly Hunter), allows her own friends, including her recently rehabbed crack-addict boyfriend (Jeremy Sisto), to eat their food and stay at their home rent-free.
To cope with her family problems, Tracy cuts herself. When Tracy starts seventh-grade, she is teased for her clothing. She becomes envious of popular girls, including Evie Zamora (Nikki Reed), and to win Evie's approval, Tracy changes her clothing style. This causes Evie to notice her and invite her to come shopping, giving Tracy a fake number to call her on. When Tracy calls the fake number and gets no answer, she goes to the shopping centers anyway to find Evie and her friend. They both tease her for only bringing ten dollars, which leads Tracy to steal a wallet from a woman. She goes back to Evie and her friend to share and they instantly become friends. Soon, Evie guides Tracy down a more hedonistic path. Evie, who lives with her cousin and legal guardian, Brooke, extends her visit at Tracy's house by telling Mel stories about the abuse suffered by the hands of Brooke's boyfriend. She gains further sympathy by claiming her mother is dead. Mel finds out later on that some of Evie's stories were true and desperately wants to help her. However, after Tracy begins to constantly pick fights with Mel about her boyfriend, Mel decides to send Evie


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