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Starting Block: A Novel

L.C. Graham

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Description:Fourteen-year-old Emily Kraft has a life plan including a 4.0 GPA, coach sponsorship, improving track and field stats, and a SUNY scholarship—until her mother dismantles it with another med vacation. Running is the one thing that makes sense and Emily’s one-way ticket out of a dysfunctional family.Without explanation, her father quits his five-star Department of Defense job and relocates the family to Boston, a city he insists they call “the Hub of the Universe.” It’s a hard sell for Emily and her two sisters who have unanswered questions. Is their mother still in the hospital? When will she be coming home?Freshman year arrives with additional challenges. Classmates harass Emily about her Indian heritage, and she’s having daily panic attacks; Buried memories slowly surface, causing her to relive family experiences she'd rather forget; Coach Allen discovers she can beat all the boys on the track field, and relentlessly pursues her so he can exact revenge on an old rival. That part of Emily’s dream life can’t be resurrected, not until she understands what happened to her mother. Comfortable in the closet, she finds solace in climbing trees, running along the beach, and avoiding her classmates.But healing has a plan of its own. When a new boy bests Emily on the track field, she’s forced to examine her reasons for running. A tentative friendship forms between Emily and Edin, who has secrets of his own, and she slowly opens up. Until students discover the truth about the Kraft family, revealing a damaging exposé.A story about friendship, healing, and learning how to thrive in the face of horrible truths.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Starting Block: A Novel. To get started finding Starting Block: A Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 278

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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Release: 2020

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Description: Fourteen-year-old Emily Kraft has a life plan including a 4.0 GPA, coach sponsorship, improving track and field stats, and a SUNY scholarship—until her mother dismantles it with another med vacation. Running is the one thing that makes sense and Emily’s one-way ticket out of a dysfunctional family.Without explanation, her father quits his five-star Department of Defense job and relocates the family to Boston, a city he insists they call “the Hub of the Universe.” It’s a hard sell for Emily and her two sisters who have unanswered questions. Is their mother still in the hospital? When will she be coming home?Freshman year arrives with additional challenges. Classmates harass Emily about her Indian heritage, and she’s having daily panic attacks; Buried memories slowly surface, causing her to relive family experiences she'd rather forget; Coach Allen discovers she can beat all the boys on the track field, and relentlessly pursues her so he can exact revenge on an old rival. That part of Emily’s dream life can’t be resurrected, not until she understands what happened to her mother. Comfortable in the closet, she finds solace in climbing trees, running along the beach, and avoiding her classmates.But healing has a plan of its own. When a new boy bests Emily on the track field, she’s forced to examine her reasons for running. A tentative friendship forms between Emily and Edin, who has secrets of his own, and she slowly opens up. Until students discover the truth about the Kraft family, revealing a damaging exposé.A story about friendship, healing, and learning how to thrive in the face of horrible truths.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Starting Block: A Novel. To get started finding Starting Block: A Novel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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