The Impossible Knife Of Memory Book Report

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I found The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson overall very interesting. It is a realistic fiction book and it contains a lot of events that happen in Hayley Kincains life. Her father is constantly getting drunk and quitting his jobs because of his PTSD that he developed from being a former veteran. She's constantly struggling with succeeding in school and watching after her dad. “It started in detention. No surprise there, right?” She was practically homeschooled for 5 years since her dad constantly moved to new places. She also develops a love interest with a boy she was supposed to be tutored by. She developed feelings for him and he turned into her boyfriend. She has to watch out for him so her dad won't find out about

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