You-all of you-are sleepwalking through global catastrophe. And I intend to wake you up.

What Emma Caroline Blake has planned at New Hampshire's Ridgemont Academy is shocking.

Her school blames a heartbreaking tragedy in her family.

Her best friends point to her most recent social media.

Her teachers, even her father, say it's a drastic cry for help.

But Emma doesn't want help. She wants to make a difference. Not tomorrow. Today. Now.

She's going to walk through fire to change the world.

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