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The book “In Case You Missed It” by Sarah Darer Littman is about a teenage girl named Sammy, she's in high school getting ready for APs and SATs. Her mom mostly stays at home and her dad is the CEO of New Territories Bank. Sammy snuck out of her house and went to a concert with her friends. It turns out to be awful because somebody barfed all over them. But her family runs into a problem. Their family cloud and the bank's database were hacked and publishes for the world to see. Sammy had an online diary and that was published. When Sammy goes back to school everybody stares at her and she decides to skip class. Sammy’s mom finds out about her sneaking out to a concert and grounds her from going to prom. She is devastated and tries her

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