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Parachutes by Kelly Yang

  • This book is an exploration of the "parachute kid" phenomenon, following two girls navigating a high-pressure California private school while living entirely unsupervised by their parents.

  • This book contains: academic cheating, alcohol/abuse, controversial cultural, racial and social commetnary, deception, derogatory terms, dubious consent, explicit sexual dialogue, institutional betrayal, pedophilia themes, profanity, promiscuity, rape (not explicit), sexting, sexual harassment, secondary victimization, sexual activities/nudity, smoking, social bullying, social manipulation, toxic relationships, victim shaming and violence.

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