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Caleb and Kit

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Thank you to the lovely people at Running Press Books for my copy of Caleb and Kit by Beth Vrabel.  All thoughts and images are my own.

Synopsis: (as told by the back of the book)

Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most twelve year olds.  That’s because he was born with cystic fibrosis, a disease that fills his lungs with mucus and shortens his lifespan.  The rules and routines that manage his disorder control too much of Caleb, not that his prying mom or perfect older brother seem to care. Continue reading →

George

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Synopsis: (as told by the back of the book)

Be who you are.

When people look at George, they think they see a boy. Buy she knows she’s not a boy. She knows she’s a girl.

George thinks she’ll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte’s Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can’t even try out for the part… because she’s a boy. Continue reading →