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        I have read a lot of reviews about the movie adaption of this book. Unfortunately, they're not very positive, and, although, I have not seen the movie, I'm sure Hollywood did a magnificent job of butchering this beautiful story. If you have also read these reviews, please, don't let them deter you from reading this book, because I can assure you that this book is great(and probably much better than the movie.)       So, when I started reading this book I didn't like it. I'm sorry. I know, it's terrible. This fact really bummed me out, but now that I look back I actually like it better that way. I thought that Stella was really annoying at first because she was all about organization and control. Everything had to be exactly right, and her and her friends were really girly and giggly and obnoxious. And on top of all of that she has a YouTube channel for empowering all of those with cystic fibrosis (whoop-te-do.)    ...

     "Our best defense is distance. Six feet is the golden rule," she says, before bending over to pick up a pool cue from next to her bed. " This is five feet. Five. Feet." . . .       She holds up the pool cue defiantly, fighting for every one of us. " I'm stealing three hundred and four point eight millimeters. Twelve whole inches. One freaking foot of space, distance, length" . . .       "Cystic fibrosis will steal no more from me. From now on. I am the thief." If I'm going to die, I'd like to actually live first. - Will To be fair, though, anything can be optional if you're creative enough. - Will "Okay, okay. I'd like to travel the world and really get to see it, you know? Not just the inside of hospitals." He looks back down and keeps sketching. "They're kind of all the same. Same generic rooms. Same tile floors. Same sterile smell. I've been everywhere without actually seeing...

empathy noun em·​pa·​thy   \ ˈem-pə-thē Definition of Empathy:   the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner Synonyms and Antonyms of Empathy: the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions Synonyms; pity , sympathy , understanding , charity , clemency , forbearance , lenience , leniency , lenity , mercifulness , mercy , compassion , ...

 Pages: 352  Age Suggestion: 13+  Genre: Young Adult Fiction; Fantasy, Romance, Action  Published 3-6-2018 by Feiwel & Friends  Synopsis      Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most—a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever.      The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby—it’s his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for go...

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