SO GOOD. I'm also hooked on contemporary haha :DD

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- EMILY DICKINSON! just a lot of emily dickinson everywhere! I loved it!
- homeschool rep
- epilepsy rep
- Emily was a sweet character! friendless, totally stay-at-home, best-friends-with-her-dog, very studious and bookish.... sorta stereotypical for homeschoolers (#sigh) but it did fit her situation so I'm not gonna complain this time.
- Chatham York was all goodness and sunshine and loveableness but honestly a tiny bit too cliche and boring for his role as love interest -_- why are all the book boys cut out of the literal same cardboard?????
- moving on...
- a LOVABLE DOG
- facing your fears
- stepping out of your box
- falling down and getting up again and holding on and letting go
- various kinds of hardships and brokenness
- as if the author was saying ~ you're not alone, everyone is troubled in their own way ~
- A LITTLE GIRL TAUGHT EMILEE SO MUCH
- high school is shown as a good thing (#surprisesurprise #thankyou)
- uplifting and gripping!!!