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Reviewed on October 17, 2025 | Reference
Gr 4–7—Sixth-grader Lil Evers is one of four children receiving special student services in a classroom called EC, or "exceptional children." Lil has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair; her best friends Dora and Scoot are hinted to have autism in varying degrees. She is attending a school that does not always feel welcoming, in a struggling town where the local mill has closed and thousands of jobs have been lost; morale is low in this small North Carolina town. Lil and her friends love magic and anything Harry Potter, and they ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



