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Gr 7 Up—"I am not me," is her chant when reality gets too real. And for a girl whose life is filled with beatings by her brother and an aunt who feels put-upon as an unloving guardian to the orphaned duo, it is no wonder that she remains unnamed, until she calls herself "Leia" from her late mother's favorite film, Star Wars. She talks to few people and prefers cleaning the corner farthest from the door in the café where she busses tables to remain invisible. Her anonymous life comes to a halt when a man says he has bee...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Traumatized by her past, her parents' deaths, and an abusive brother, a sixteen-year-old girl who calls herself Leia ru...Log In or Sign Up to Read More