Cut Ties, Claim the Crown

Claire Hart spent three years enduring cruelty at home, until her parents and three brothers cast her out and sided with their adopted daughter. Framed for a crime the adopted sister committed, Claire was sent to a detention center after she protected the victim. She came out of that ordeal tougher than before, and on the day her name was cleared she cut every tie with the family that had abandoned her. Her answer to their contempt arrives through the national exam, where she earns the highest score in the country.