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This book settled right into my soul.

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Life is Funny traces the lives of 11 teenagers in one Brooklyn neighborhood over the course of seven years.

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Life Is Funny by ER Frank is about eleven teens and spans seven years.

It tells the story of eleven different teenagers whose lives drape over each other to various degrees, but what makes the book so captivating is that each teenager's story stands on its own, and contains characters that feel real and whole, facing problems that are all too prevalent in our world.

It's sad to think that a book about domestic violence, drug abuse, neglect, teen pregnancy, cutting, poverty or foster care could be seen as contrived or overdone, but I have found myself, when reading some young adult novels, feeling that way.

Somehow, though, this book, which addresses ALL of these issues, doesn't come across as too dramatic. It came across as telling of what lies beneath the faces of today's teens, of what goes on under the skin of the kids we think we have figured out, and the surprises that would be uncovered for those we think have it together.

The only reason this book wasn't given five stars is because, with so many different characters taking their turn speaking and telling so many individual

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