![]() There are also mentions throughout the text of things like 'that time the kids were all dying beautifully of cancer' or how Indie kids never seem to use the Internet and are always flipping through the card catalogue. ![]() "Chapter the Second, in which indie kid Satchel writes a poem, and her mom and dad giver her loving space to just feel what she needs to then an indie kid called Dylan arrives at her house, terrified, to say a mysterious glowing girl has informed him of the death of indie kid Finn Satchel and Dylan comfort each other, platonically." Through the chapter titles we are told a parallel tale of the fight between Satchel, an Indie kid, and The Immortals, strange beings bent on taking over the world, one host at a time. He thinks he has things under control but when mysterious blue lights start showing up in town and Indie kids start disappearing he fears the worst - another end-of-the-world showdown, and he and his friends may not escape this time. ![]() However, Mikey suffers from anxiety and OCD, things that got really bad during his mother's last political campaign and after his sister nearly died from and eating disorder. ![]() Mikey and his friends are just trying to get to graduation, to get into good colleges far away from their home town and leave the messy parts of their lives behind. When the world comes crashing down and aliens invade or vampires take over the school, it is the Indies who save the day. In his world you are a normal, or an Indie. Mikey is a completely normal guy at least he seems to think so. ![]()
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