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BOOK REVIEW c
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e Title: The beginning of everything e

f Author: Robyn Schneider f
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h Publisher: Simon & Schuster h
Publication date: 2013
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Pages: 352 j
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k Age range: 14+ k
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m "The beginning of everything is a story about golden m

n boy Ezra who experiences his own personal tragedy n
o of a cheating girlfriend and a car crash that leaves o

p his leg shattered, his sporting dreams in pieces, his p
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r social life lost, and his future in danger as he enters r
s his senior year of high school. " s

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u No longer the front runner for homecoming king, he finds himself unable to u
v converse with his previous group of friends and so finds himself at the table full of v
w misfits where he meets Cassidy Thorpe, who’s unlike any other person he’s ever w
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y met. The story is a blend of sadness, high jinks, wry humor, and philosophical y
pondering and is one that presents to us a heart-wrenching yet addictive story.
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The story starts off with Ezra and his comprehensive description regarding his a
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in their lifetime. It cuts back to him at a party, having fun with extremely drunk
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and stupid friends. It was supposed to be a normal party night where he made up f
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g with his girlfriend and moved on to enjoying his life as the king of his high school, g
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i yet what he got was a perfect view of his girlfriend cheating on him, a Land Rover i
j crashing into his BMW, an irreparably shattered knee, a broken wrist, and the j
z promise of never being able to play tennis again. He spent a lot of time in the k
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k treatment and learned to deal with it. The main plotline
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starts with him returning to school after a summer of no g
communication with his friends other than a dreadful h

card they'd sent him. i
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