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Breathe and Count Back from Ten
by Natalia Sylvester
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplasia longs to be a mermaid. What happens when she gets her wish?
Some quotations
Some quotations
They say they want me to feel comfortable--not happy, or fully supported--just fine, satisfied enough that I'm not in any pain. which feels like a low bar to me. Like maybe it's more about their comfort level than mine. Like maybe what they're really saying is: What do we have to do to make you not complain.
Each chapter starts with a word definition and then the protag, Verónica's definition. They're great!
Left: left
1. (n.) the side of a body or thing that is to the west when one is facing north
2. (n. VR) the side of my body that has never felt right
and
Star: star
1. (n.) a natural luminous body visible in the sky, especially at night
2. (n. VR) a natural luminous body that died a long time ago, suddenly being seen
wow!
On Vero's love interest:
His house in Texas must've been huge, a life entirely unlike this one. Now we're standing in the remnants, all the things this new life has no room for.
More on enduring pain
...the only time people have told me I'm strong is when I've pushed through pain, kept going, kept myself from causing them any trouble.
and
Who are you being strong for?
Which was really who are you enduring pain for?