Then Grace Town walks into his first period class on the third Tuesday of senior year and he knows everything's about to change. Instead, he's been happy to focus on his grades, on getting into a semi-decent college and finally becoming editor of his school newspaper. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can't-eat-can't-sleep kind of love that he's been hoping for just hasn't been in the cards for him-at least not yet. Publisher's Synopsis: John Green meets Rainbow Rowell in this irresistible story of first love, broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again. Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland The book-and Henry’s-characterization and descriptions of Grace do disabled readers a disservice in more ways than one. Unfortunately, Our Chemical Hearts did not live up to my hope. Although I could tell from the beginning that the novel was going to make Grace into a tragic character, I was hopeful that it would still find a way to subvert tropes and harmful representation of characters with disabilities.
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