16-year-old protagonist expelled from school and sent to a youth residential treatment center. She becomes the central figure in the fight against the facility's systemic abuse.
Karen is Kayla's biological mother who makes the decision to send her to the treatment center.
Roommates who form a crucial survival pact and resistance alliance against the facility staff.
The headmistress who enforces draconian rules and directly abuses Kayla.
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