Conjoined Twins In Tippi And Grace In High School

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Tippi and Grace aren’t your normal 11th graders. They are conjoined twins. Conjoined twins are two twins that are connected at the waist. They have two legs for both of them, two heads and connected organs. Being a conjoined twin is very rare. Tippi and Grace find their parents made a decision about sending them to school in September. They have been homeschooled for their whole lives. They are terrified because they know right when they walk through those doors of Hornbeacon high school they will be called mutants, un-human and freaks. Tippi and Grace then meet Yasmeen and Jon. They become friends.
As, Tippi and Grace’s family begins to lose money Tippi and Grace have to do something they never wanted to do and this includes giving up their

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