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Book 2007

Defect

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published
2007
  • Human Abnormalities
  • Foster home care
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Abnormalities, Human
  • Fiction
  • High schools
  • Schools
  • Self-acceptance

After spending most of his life in Minnesota foster homes hiding a bizarre physical abnormality, fifteen-year-old David is offered a chance at normalcy, but must decide if giving up what makes him special is the right thing to do.