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"Let me tell you something. You are just like everybody else in this school. Only better. They come to school, learn, and then leave. You? You come here, listen to them talk about you, you walk alone through the halls, they walk all over you, they hurt you, and you go home stronger than before. They learn U.S. History while you are learning more important lessons. Resilience, courage, strength. You aren't worthless. You are extraordinary. You have more feelings than all of them, but they don't see that. They need to see that. They should care about those."
Chrysanthemum barely can live through a day of school, but she manages. She can cope. She has hope. And she now has help. The new student . Alex Monroe. Not only does he have a past, he has a reputation. He's her ticket out. He's her salvation.
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