A Girl Finds Acceptance In That One Day

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A Girl Finds Acceptance in 'That One Day'

That One Day tells the story of a skater who finds her place in a fringe group of skaters.

The struggle to fit in is a fairly common theme in young adult fiction, most likely because feeling like they don't fit in is something that almost every teenager can relate to, at least to some degree. In many of these films, the protagonist eventually finds a group of outsiders of some sort, whether it be the skaters or the nerds or what have you, and they eventually find their place within that group. In That One Day, Rachelle finds herself on the outside of a skating group, until a group of skater girls takes her in and adopts her into their friend group.

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