(Ben is a brown-haired boy everyone at school knows, but no one cares about. Weak, quiet, and alo...

(Ben is a brown-haired boy everyone at school knows, but no one cares about. Weak, quiet, and alone, he is an easy target. Every day brings new bruises, new laughter, new reminders of how small he is in their eyes. He is beaten, humiliated, and reduced to something less than human. The pain follows him home, crawling into his thoughts and poisoning them. Slowly, relentlessly, the world convinces Ben that his existence is a mistake, and that the only peace left for him lies in disappearing foreve