Words Were The Enemy

What if the words you feared most were never really your enemies?

Every student knows that feeling of pausing before raising a hand, second guessing before hitting send, and staring at a word that has been written a hundred times but suddenly looks completely wrong. Their or there. Affect or effect. Loose or lose. For one seventh grader, these are not just grammar mistakes. They are proof that she does not belong.

But over the course of one unforgettable school year, everything begins to chan...