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Breathe and Count Back from Ten
Breathe and Count Back from Ten | Natalia Sylvester
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In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Ver�nica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplasia, auditions to become a mermaid at a Central Florida theme park in the summer before her senior year, all while figuring out her first (…more)
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"Who are you being strong for? Which was really 'who are you enduring pain for?' It's been for everyone else but me. If I've endured it, it's because I didn't want to be a bother. Didn't want to disappoint. I used to think strength was about proving proving all the things I could do, but maybe it's also about voicing the things I can't. Saying I don't want this. For myself and my own body."

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