<P> Jessica Burns is a 16 - year - old high school sophomore who is constantly tortured by her ex-best friend, Avery Keller, the stereotypical popular girl . The movie follows the events that happen after Jessica tries to commit suicide by overdosing, and what it does to a community . </P> <P> The movie starts with Jessica (Lexi Ainsworth) in her room, crying and walking around . She walks to her bathroom and takes a handful of pills from her medicine cabinet . It is revealed that the high school she goes to has won a chance for a documentary for being a public school that has placed as one of the top ten schools across the country . </P> <P> Word of Jessica's suicide attempt and hospitalization spreads quickly throughout the school, and the cameras catch students crying and talking about the situation . The camera crews go around interviewing kids about Jessica, and they reveal that her main tormentor was her former best friend, Avery Keller (Hunter King). They seek her out and she denies ever bullying Jessica and claims they were joking around . </P> <P> They ask her if she wants to be part of the film, saying they want to see into the life of a popular girl, as Avery claims that she, as a popular girl, is often misunderstood . They go to her house that night, where they meet her mother, brother, and father and see how difficult her home life is . They record footage of her life and give her a camcorder with which to film extra footage of herself in order for others to see what being a popular was like . </P>

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