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When I look back, I can’t help thinking that maybe I could have prepared for what was coming. But of course, ..
Chapter 2 Triangle Friends We have a break right after second period, and it’s the first time of the day when ..
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“The tragedy of her life was that she was too black,” declares the narrator at the start ..
My choir robe hangs from the top of my bedroom door, stretching like a white river almost to the doorknob. ..
We switch places. “I skin the chicken. I strip the membrane. I slice the sausage.” “You ..
CHAPTER I I read in a book once that if you want something bad enough, all you have to do is picture ..
I’m gonna like me when I jump out of bed, from my giant big toe to the braids on my head. Â I’m ..
I couldn’t tell if he genuinely meant the things he said or if it was all talk. He really liked ..
But the sun didn’t shine on Hamilton like it did Bayside. It was almost as if it avoided it completely, ..
There was once an old manor house in the countryside, with walls and deep channels surrounding it. Between ..
To all the children of the world This book is written for you So you can learn to love yourself, And accept ..
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Is there anything worse than when you’re walking along, minding your own business, but then out of nowhere–Crash! ..
