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Quit It

At a quick glance, Carrie looks just like everybody else in her seventh-grade class. She gets good grades, acts in school plays, kicks a pretty decent soccer ball, and is a sensational Game Boy champion. But watch her a little longer and Carrie looks very different. She shrugs her shoulder a little too often, jerks her head, coughs and sniffs in uncontrollable bursts. She has Tourette's syndrome. And at a time when all a kid wants to do is blend in with the crowd, she stands out like crazy.

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From the Hardcover edition.

Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
short · 176 pages

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