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The Struggle Depicted In The Book 'Sevens' By Scott Wallen

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All high school teens have different obstacles that they have to overcome. The series "Sevens" by Scott Wallens follows seven teens who all have different struggles throughout their high school career but are all connected by a tragedy that happened when they were children. Their friend group was torn apart and everyone went their separate ways. That was until a series of more tragic events brought them closer and closer together. In the book Shattered, Meena has been raped and has no idea how to handle it afterwards. She doesn't tell anyone because she's so scared she will get looked at like it was her fault. Dealing with it this way though, made things worse for her. The man didn't stay away. No one knew what was going on because she kept to herself, so no one knew to help her. Meena is so emotionally unstable, you can almost feel the pain she was feeling throughout the story. If she would have handled the situation differently and told someone, maybe they could have gotten her help before the situation grew worse. …show more content…

Jeremy tried to hide his emotions from himself but soon realizes it's hard to be happy while hiding his feelings. He risks giving up his old life by coming out of the closet and showing his true colors. By handling the situation in that way he soon was able to be happy after more and more people grew to accept who he was. Jeremy found a relationship that made him happy and he had a very big support system. He had his fair share of embarrassment, jokes, and getting laughed at, but in the end he knew he made the right

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