Cathy Tucker

Outside the Circle Cathy Tucker

In Part 1: Bullied and Betrayed, Jamie Callahan, an elite level teenage volleyball player, has faced almost daily bullying after an accident kills both her drunk driving mother and a popular classmate. Haunted by visions and nightmares, Jamie and her father move from Knoxville to the fictional Merrell, Tennessee, to start over. However, they encounter even more problems in their new environment. It takes a community disaster to change their lives and shape the lives of those around them. Under the direction of a nefarious apparition, Jamie faces the obstacles in her way to achieve acceptance from her classmates. In Part 2: Rescued and Redeemed, Jamie learns the meaning of friendship, her father discovers a secret part of his deceased wife's life, and the high school students face the reality of death.