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The Roller Coaster that is Senior Year: In the Eyes of a Disabled Student My Book Review on Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern The book Say What You Will is a moving story about two teenagers who are very different from everyone around them and their struggle to get through Senior year. Throughout this book review i’m going to start off by talking about the main characters. Amy Van Dorn is a girl with Cerebral Palsy, meaning she has to use a walker and a Pathway in order to speak. Amy is way above average when it comes to intelligence and is definitely aware of the way people see her. To me, i thought that her character was very compelling, because she is not the typical heroine that you read about in every other story. But she is still just as astounding. I also enjoyed how wasn’t afraid to approach people and talk to them even if she knew that they didn’t want to. Especially because not everyone would be willing to just throw themselves out there like she did considering her circumstances. Then there’s Matthew, he is one of the four peer helpers that Amy has her mom hire to help her throughout Senior year. But Matthew also his his own baggage that he carries with him. You see he has a mild case of OCD that makes him feel like terrible things will happen …show more content…

She is also the author of three other adult books, Eye Contact, The Art of Seeing, and Neighborhood Watch. Her most recent book is called A Step Toward Falling which is also a young adult novel much like Say What You Will. Cammie is one of the founders of a resource center for children and young adults with disabilities, it’s called Whole Children/Milestones. She currently lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her three sons, the oldest of them is 19 and has autism and a husband. Her son is one of her main reasons why she writes the stories that she does, because she feels like we never hear enough of their story as we

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