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Forget Me Not
by Ellie Terry
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"I am Calliope June. I wish I could fly to the moon.
There'd be no one there to laugh or to stare and no one to call me a goon."
What an amazing, poetic & heartfelt story! This is a book you don't want to miss. Simple, beautiful, and heartfelt. You'll laugh, cheer, sigh, get angry, and maybe even cry. It was a quick middle grade read… the poetry is fantastic and also the kind of story worth reading no matter your age.
Calliope (Calli) is a young girl with Tourette's Syndrome.
Forget Me Not is told in short, simple prose from two points of view - Calli and her neighbor/friend Jinsong. Calli's story is absolutely captivating. Her mother jumps from relationship to relationship, always packing up & moving on with the ending of each one. Calli tries hard to hide her tics, to fit in but of course it's difficult for her. My heart broke for Calli so many times while reading this book. She is lonely, misunderstood, bullied and made to feel ashamed and embarrassed of herself. Yet, I was beyond touched by her strength, resilience and her innate goodness. Calli had a huge heart. She was sweet, funny and brilliant. The kind of girl anyone would be lucky to have as a friend. The author, Ellie Terry has Tourette syndrome & I was touched by her raw honesty & depiction of what’s it’s like to have it.
There'd be no one there to laugh or to stare and no one to call me a goon."
What an amazing, poetic & heartfelt story! This is a book you don't want to miss. Simple, beautiful, and heartfelt. You'll laugh, cheer, sigh, get angry, and maybe even cry. It was a quick middle grade read… the poetry is fantastic and also the kind of story worth reading no matter your age.
Calliope (Calli) is a young girl with Tourette's Syndrome.
Forget Me Not is told in short, simple prose from two points of view - Calli and her neighbor/friend Jinsong. Calli's story is absolutely captivating. Her mother jumps from relationship to relationship, always packing up & moving on with the ending of each one. Calli tries hard to hide her tics, to fit in but of course it's difficult for her. My heart broke for Calli so many times while reading this book. She is lonely, misunderstood, bullied and made to feel ashamed and embarrassed of herself. Yet, I was beyond touched by her strength, resilience and her innate goodness. Calli had a huge heart. She was sweet, funny and brilliant. The kind of girl anyone would be lucky to have as a friend. The author, Ellie Terry has Tourette syndrome & I was touched by her raw honesty & depiction of what’s it’s like to have it.