How to Disappear Completely

by Ali Standish

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While her grandmother was alive, Emma's world was filled with enchantment. But now Gram is gone, and suddenly strange spots are appearing on Emma's skin. Soon, she's diagnosed with vitiligo--a condition that makes patches of her skin lose their color--and the magic in her world is suddenly replaced with school bullies and doctor appointments. But when Emma writes one last story in the journal she shared with Gram, something strange happens. Someone writes back to her, just like Gram used to. show more Who's writing to Emma? And just what is her story going to be, now that everything is so different? show less

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Narrated by Jesse Vilinsky. On the day of Emma's beloved Gram's funeral, she notices a white spot on her foot. Soon spots appear and grow on her face and extremities. Emma is diagnosed with vitiligo and shunned by classmates. Her best friend Fina stands by her but Emma feels adrift and alone without Gram. She escapes her pain through her favorite book and by writing a magical story in a hidden notebook. She soon discovers that someone else is writing and adding chapters to her story. I found the ending a tad overwrought as Emma finds self-acceptance.
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Sweet and heartwarming. This is a story about resilience and not giving up on people, even when they don't make it easy for you. I pretty much sobbed through the entire book because I had a similar relationship with my grandma, and it kicked me in the feels repeatedly.

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Original publication date
2020
Publisher's editor
Day, Alyson
Blurbers
Petro-Roy, Jen; Keller, Tae

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Kids, Tween, Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PZ7.1 .S7344Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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