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First edition. |
| Description |
341 pages ; 22 cm. |
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| Audience |
Ages 14 up. Margaret K. McElderry Books. |
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Grades 10-12. Margaret K. McElderry Books. |
| Summary |
After an incident leads to her suspension, eighteen-year-old Brynn's high school persona that hides her secret disability is shattered, and she begins embracing her true self on her journey to self-acceptance. |
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Brynn Kwan is desperate for her high school persona to be real. That Brynn is head of the yearbook committee, the favorite for prom queen, and definitely not crumbling from a secret disability that's rapidly wearing her down. If no one knows the truth about her condition, Brynn doesn't have to worry about the pitying looks or accusations of being a faker that already destroyed her childhood friendships. She's even willing to let go of her four-year relationship with her first love, Oliver, rather than reveal that a necessary surgery was the reason she ignored his existence for the entire summer. But after Brynn tries to break up a fight at a pep rally and winds up barred from all her clubs and senior prom, she has nothing left to prop up her illusion of being just like everyone else. During a week-long suspension from school, she realizes that she doesn't quite recognize the face in the mirror--and it's not because of her black eye from the fight. With a healthy sister who simply doesn't understand and a confused ex-boyfriend who won't just take a hint and go away like a normal human being , Brynn begins to wonder if it's possible to reinvent her world by being the person she thought no one herself. |
| Subject |
Self-acceptance -- Juvenile fiction.
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Health -- Juvenile fiction.
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome -- Juvenile fiction.
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Disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.
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High schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction.
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Young adult fiction.
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Self-acceptance -- Fiction.
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Health -- Fiction.
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome -- Fiction.
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Disabilities -- Fiction.
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High schools -- Fiction.
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Schools -- Fiction.
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Handicapped teenagers -- Fiction.
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Self-acceptance -- Fiction.
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Health -- Fiction.
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High school students -- Fiction.
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High schools -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Romance fiction.
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School fiction.
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Novels.
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Young adult fiction.
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| Related To |
Online version: Mangle, Bethany. Conditions of a heart New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2024 9781665937689 (DLC) 2023017362 |
| ISBN |
9781665937634 (hardcover) : $19.99 |
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1665937637 (hardcover) |
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9781665937641 (paperback) |
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1665937645 (paperback) |
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