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Gr 8 Up—The past few years have been hard on 16-year-old Maguire. She escaped injury in both the car wreck that killed three of her family members and the roller-coaster accident that injured two of her friends. Nor was she injured when a candle she left lit in her windowsill burned down the neighbor's house. Maguire believes she is a jinx. To cope, she has developed a litany of compulsive behaviors, not the least of which is isolating herself from other people lest she harm them inadvertently. When Maguire gets the opportunit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

California teen Maguire, suffering from guilt and superstition after surviving a series of accidents that killed or injured others (includin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More