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Gr 9 Up—From the first page, Bermudez pulls readers into her vivid graphic memoir with lively illustrations. Readers follow the immediately likable Bermudez from her reluctant start on the middle school cross-country team through high school, where she grows into an acceptance of who she is, despite enduring quite a few personal and collective tragedies. At the start, Bermudez struggles with normal middle school woes—fitting in, friends, grades, family dynamics, and a lot of forced running. But as her story progresses into high school, Bermudez's concerns shift to her f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More