Only then does she learn that everyone has dark secrets, and no one’s life is anywhere near normal. Surrounded by disbelief and derision on all sides, Polarity desperately seeks the truth among her friends. And Ethan, the boy she was really starting to like, backpedals and joins the taunting chorus. The kids at school mock her, assuming she took it herself. Polarity would never have struck such a shameless pose, but the photo is definitely of her, and she’s at a complete loss to explain its existence.Ĭhild Protective Services yanks her from her home, suspecting her parents. Her life gets exponentially more disastrous when her sixth-period history classmates start ogling a nude picture of her on the Internet. When I worked with high school students who had been removed for disciplinary reasons, I always worried about what would happen if the student were innocent-if the system had failed and punished an innocent person.īrenda Vicars – 19 February 2015 The Back Flapįifteen-year-old Polarity Weeks just wants to live a normal life, but with a mother diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, that’s rarely easy.
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