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Thirteen-year-old former elite gymnast Eden is feeling lost after a career-ending injury, but when she meets new friends who open her eyes to period poverty, the struggle that low-income people have trying to afford menstrual products, she becomes an advocate for fair treatment and rediscovers her passion and drive. No library descriptions found. |
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Eden's mom seems rigid and unreasonable for most of the book; her grandma and her dad, a pilot, are supportive, but not always available. Ultimately, after serious conflict, Eden brings her mom around, and they figure out how to work together.
See also: Go With the Flow, Revenge of the Red Club, The Sea in Winter
Quotes
"But you don't have to be the best at something to enjoy doing it." (5)
But gymnastics was my life for as long as I can remember, and now I have no idea what my life is. (30)
"Sometimes who we are inside doesn't match who we are outside." (30)
"Eden, of course you're going to mess up. That's why I invited you - so you can learn. But you learn by messing up. So try again." (81)
...those things are not who I am. (98)
But the fact is, the one thing I was an expert on is no longer my thing. So I had to be a beginner at something eventually. It might as well be this thing that makes me feel like I want to go out and slay some dragons. (126)
"Something doesn't have to directly benefit you to be worth doing." (165)
But too many things were out of my control....The dream didn't die, it changed. (228) ( )