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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012

First time trying something like this, sorry if it's formatted poorly! I randomly remembered this recently, but when I was in elementary school (I think), I read a book about a girl who I think was in fourth grade whose mom was verbally abusive. In hindsight, that didn't belong in my elementary school's library, but that's besides the point. I only remember a handful of details, so here goes.
-Like I said, I *think* the girl was in fourth grade, but she might've been in sixth grade. Definitely not a high schooler yet, at least.
-Also like I said, the girl's mother was verbally abusive, but I don't *think* she was physically abusive? Maybe she slapped the girl once, but I don't think so.
-I think the cover was blue, but I might be wrong.
-The girl had an older brother.
-There was a scene where the brother (I think, some male character older than the girl) referred to the mom's 40th birthday as "happy over the hill" or something like that.
-There was a secondhand shop thrift store kinda place where the girl liked to spend a lot of time, I remember she sold a dress her mom wore there and got boots of some kind?
—Related, when the mom found out the girl sold the dress she got really mad.
-The girl really liked caves, there was a field trip where she got to go with a teacher to see caves and her mom threatened to revoke her permission to go I think?
-When the girl told the principal about the abuse, she said her mom called her "stupid" and "dumb shit" (this I remember vividly, mostly because of the swearing when I was younger and didn't know you could put swear words in books).
That's all I can remember, if you know the author or the title that would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Edit: fixed spacing issues
Edit 2: it was Call Me Hope by Gretchen Olson! Thank you!
Edited by CupcakeGal25