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Published
2010
Publisher
Coteau Books
Subgenre
Contemporary
Section
Young Adult

Fishtailing

Wendy Phillips

Four teens' poems for an English class reveal how one classmate's spiral affects them all.

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Themes

FriendshipCommunity & schoolMental health

Mood

Feels dark, tense.

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