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As the mom of a middle grade reader, I will definitely purchase a copy of this (when it is available in book form) for my 12 year old to read.

When she's not writing or dreaming up new stories, you can find her reading a book or binge-watching BBC Masterpiece dramas in her cozy Vermont home with a cup of tea.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. But Weston knows exactly how she feels and reaches into her darkness to show her that there is more than one way to experience the world. I understand wanting to support an indie author, and I’m glad people enjoyed her book, but there were so many problematic elements in this book that I’m a little worried that so few people have mentioned them. Maybe it was my one-star experience there that turned me off, or maybe I just got tired of seeing the same old problems in books written for that age group. The writing in this book – everyone from Tessa’s poems to the dialogue to the imagery – just felt average.

This follows a dancer who loses her leg, and her recovery process as she falls in love with a former addict. This really could have been a lot stronger if the book opened on a different note and it would have given Abbie a chance to depict how PTSD and flashbacks can hit you at any moment of the day, even just sitting at your desk or eating. Don't use the word "Handicap", it's not on the level of the R word but it's still an insulting term with problematic origins that is almost never used anymore. I’d like to touch on the cons first so that I can end this review positively; I've got three pages of notes and they’re all over the place, so buckle up. Honestly I can completely agree with everything you said in this post, especially the content part because yeah?

It was so cool to “see”, or rather hear, touch, smell, and taste the story and the world through Tessa’s eyes, even though she was blind. And this is being marketed as secular fiction (to my knowledge), so that gives it a little more leeway in my opinion, but still, there was just. It was super unexpected too, especially since the author is a Christian in her early twenties (I think? The themes of disability and healing are treated beautifully and I particularly loved how much it stressed 'there's nothing you can't do'.

I think part of the reason this was never addressed is because we spent SO MUCH time on Weston flashbacks, especially considering he isn't even the protagonist.This was particularly noticeable with the younger characters; I’m a former babysitter and aspiring elementary school teacher.

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