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Everything that makes you

2017
In alternating voices, Fiona "Fi" Doyle experiences her teen years in two ways, with and without a disfiguring accident that occurred at age six, dealing with its effects on her brother and parents, her friendships, her dating life, her involvement in sports and hobbies, her future plans, and especially her self-image.
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The escape of light

2019
"Teenage burn survivor Wilder Tate faces the challenges of high school but in the aftermath of tragedy he discovers the capacity to forgive and empathize--learning the importance of healing from the inside out"--Provided by publisher.
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Scars like wings

One year after the fire that claimed her parents' and cousin's lives and left her severely disfigured, sixteen-year-old Ava faces the return to high school.
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The trouble with shooting stars

2019
Twelve-year-old Luna loves the nighttime more than anything else. It s when no one gives her that look about the half mask she has to wear while healing from a disfiguring car accident. It s also the perfect time to sit outside and draw what she sees. Like the boy and girl from the new family next door zipping out of the window in a zeppelin and up to the stars.
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A monster like me

2019
Convinced that if she looks like a monster on the outside (a blood tumor covers half of her face), she must be a monster on the inside as well, Sophie tries to find a cure before her mother finds out the truth.

Scars like wings

One year after the fire that claimed her parents' and cousin's lives and left her severely disfigured, sixteen-year-old Ava faces the return to high school.
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The man who laughs

A graphic novel adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel about a band of miscreants who deliberately deform children to make them more effective beggars.
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The late bus

Bridgewater High junior Lamar Green begins having strange visions of demonic figures preparing to attack the late bus, a route recently taken over by the mysterious, disfigured Emmet Rumble.
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What we buried

2019
Told in separate voices, Jory, whose face is partly paralyzed, and his sister Liv, a former reality television performer and child beauty pageant contestant, join forces to search for their missing parents.

We were beautiful

2019
Fifteen-year-old Mia's scarred face is a constant reminder of the car crash that killed her sister, but a summer at her grandmother's Manhattan apartment and new friends help her find happiness again.

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