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"Behind Our Backs" is an #OwnVoices short story about being an autistic kid in middle school. 

This story includes depictions of ableism.

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Like most teenagers, Natalie thinks she knows everything. In her efforts to befriend a loner classmate, she realizes the world isn't as simple as she thought.All Rights Reserved

acceptance autism autisticcharacter basedonreallife contemporary disability firstperson friendship middleschool ownvoices youngadult

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"The things that set us apart from others are what make us who we are. Good and bad." "If you feel like your thoughts make you crazy, then I'm ten times crazier." He said leaning even closer. "So if you insist on being a 'misfit' then we can be misfits together." He said with a slight peck on my lips. ~~~~~~ It's the summer before Franny's senior year of high school. She is having a hard time coming to terms with what has happened in her past. She is also struggling with her family, she has always felt like an outsider. What will happen when her older brother's best friends come home for the summer. Will one of them fall hard for her. Or will it be a beginning to an end. ~ Trigger warning- Mentions of rape and bullying I do not own any of the pictures that are in this book and I do not own the cover.