This is pretty late for me getting in on the bandwagon, but I just really wanted to mention how interesting it was reading a coming-of-age novel, not just from the point of view of a 13 year old going through puberty, but one going through puberty with a stammer.
This is the exact age that teens are going through crazy body changes, combatting the effects of the sudden hormone level spikes, and trying to figure out who they are as a person seperate from their peers and parents, while also trying to keep up with society telling them that they have to do all this and be a "normal" human being. It's already hard enough to do this regularly. But imagine having to do that in an ignorant town, with a stammer.
I mean I would tear into anyone that gave a person with vocal issues trouble, a lot of people just don't get it. They make people feel insecure and they lose self-esteem, which makes it even harder to get the words out. Sometiems I just wonder if the world really is making a turn for the better or for the worst.
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