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Unabridged.
Duration: 2:52:05.
Performer
Read by Sean Kenin.
Summary
A touching story of friendship reminding us that outside appearances don't always tell the whole story. Tom, a seventh grader, tells about the arrival of Jessica, a new student at St. Catherine's who was badly burned in a fire and is getting treatment at a local hospital. The students in Tom's class are afraid of Jessica because of her appearance and avoid her. But soon Tom develops a friendship with Jessica that changes his life. In deciding to support her, however tentatively, he sacrifices popularity and everything he thought he wanted in his teenage life.