Frances O’Roark Dowell is the author of The Second Life of Abigail Walker. Abby doesn’t fit in. She just wants to be a medium girl-medium size, medium grades, medium looks. She doesn’t rock the boat since she wants to fit in so badly. However, one day she gets fed up with the meanness of some of the medium girls and stands up for herself. So begins the second life of Abby. She loves to spend time in a field across the street from her house. She meets a boy named Anders whose dad is a veteran of the Iraq war and trying to recover from his experiences. Abby discovers that there is more to life than fitting in with the medium girls and, with her new friends, creates a much richer, fuller life for herself.
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