Just Be Yourself By Stephanie Pellegrin Analysis

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In the story just be yourself written by Stephanie Pellegrin. She talks about how this girl didn’t fit in with nobody. So she decide to joined some clubs.
The rite of passage is about a girl everyone judge her about her hair and braces. She really didn’t fit in with everyone else. Instead going to lunch, she goes to the library. So she joined some clubs to make some new friends.

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