Cursed Browse by Age_Young Adult an author’s note

an author’s note

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Bengali words are used with plenty of context to decipher their meanings (and are explicitly defined in a glossary)

substance abuse and seemingly constant struggle

Cursed Browse by Age_Young Adult an author’s noteBy Karol Ruth Silverstein I'm not like them. I hurt, and they don't. I'm weird, and they're not. Fourteen year old Ricky Bloom is pretty pissed off. Her body hurts constantly (thanks, chronic illness), her family's a mess (thanks, Disaster Formerly Known As My Parents), ninth grade is a nightmare (thanks, Glorious Grant Middle School), and her crush is completely clueless. What's a girl to do but cuss (a lot) and skip school (also a lot)? But it gets