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  • I think this book is very well written and brings-up some great issues, however, it didn't hold my interest. I think I would definately generate some discussion.Quotesp. 185 [Annabelle's thinking]I was sipping my coffee, content to be alive. Content, for now, to be a part of something.I think this s ... Continue

    I think this book is very well written and brings-up some great issues, however, it didn't hold my interest. I think I would definately generate some discussion.Quotesp. 185 [Annabelle's thinking]I was sipping my coffee, content to be alive. Content, for now, to be a part of something.I think this statement is huge. It shows a huge shift in Annabelles thinking.

    

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At fifteen, Faith Duckle was lured under the bleachers by a bunch of boys and brutally attacked. Now, almost a year later, a newly thin Faith is haunted by her past and by the flippant, cruel ghost of her formerly fat self who is bent on revenge.

Faith eventually turns to violence for retribution, forcing her to flee home in search of the only friend she has -- a troubled but caring busboy who is the lover of a sideshow performer -- and to tumble into the colorful, transient world of the circus. But as she dives headfirst into a world of adult passions and dreams, mercurial allegiances, and exhilarating self-discovery, Faith must also face some disturbing truths about herself and the world around her.

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