“Just a child" but it wasn't true. Something broke and suddenly you were no longer a kid. You were out on your own and no one asked questions. No one paid attention.” Growing UpSexual Assualt Book:River East, River West Source: River East, River West
“She was alone and grown. And had somehow done the worst thing a Chinese woman could do, whore herself out to a white man” Growing UpRacismColonialismSexual AssualtExoticized Book:River East, River West Source: River East, River West
“But the sea wasn't a border, and no one was here to stop you from swimming out a litter farther each day. The only border here was the limitation of his own body.” FreedomPerseveranceEnduranceGeography Book:River East, River West Source: River East, River West
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“She still said nothing. You are fifteen and this is living life, she thought. She'd be like Serena or Blair or those girls on TV. Powerful.” AdultificationSexual Assualt Book:River East, River West Source: River East, River West
“They each had puzzle pieces that might never lock into a flat smooth hole.” Family RelationshipsBlended FamiliesStepfamilyInterracial Family Book:River East, River West Source: River East, River West