Author: Amie Darnell Specht and Shannon Hitchcock
Genre: realistic fiction
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Rating:
.JPG)
Summary (provided by publisher): Kate’s life in Baton Rouge, full of friends and family, gymnastics and Girl Scouts, is just plain great. But then, at the age of twelve, she suddenly develops a mysterious shoulder pain that won’t go away . . . and that will change her life forever. It turns out that Kate has one of the rarest genetic disorders in the world, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. FOP causes bone to form in places in the body where it shouldn’t, and there’s no cure yet. Kate will need to learn how to live with this difficult new reality, helped by those close to her and by a new pen pal named Amie, who has been living with FOP for years.
My opinion: I think this book is well-intentioned. Not only is it informing the reader about a rare disorder, it also digs into reality for a disabled kid. It looks at how a diagnosis changes everything. Kate's friendships and relationships with her family are changed. She has to learn to advocate for herself. All good things to look at and discuss. The problem is it's a bit stiff and unnatural. Kate doesn't read like a real kid. She's a bit too perfect, too well balanced. She doesn't have flaws, doesn't make mistakes. It walks us through her journey but there's no real conflict.
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