Chained: Youth with Chronic Illness

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By Autumn Libal
Publisher Mason Crest Publishers
Chained: Youth with Chronic Illness
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The warm sun sliced through the window and melted across Kaylas bed. Slowly and reluctantly, Kayla rolled onto her side. Heavy with exhaustion and pain, she inched across the warm sheets. She felt as if someone had poured liquid metal into her body during the nightmetal that had settled dense and cold in her bones. Gripping the bedpost with a whiteknuckled hand, Kayla sucked in her breath. She closed her eyes, pulled herself up, and began the long journey to the bathroom. Inching along with shuffling feet and hunched back, Kayla looked much older than her fifteen years. She teetered dangerously, one hand outstretched for balance, one shoulder sliding along the wall for support. By the time she got to the bathroom door, she was already exhausted.

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19281 words19,281 words
127 pages127 pages
Lexile 1110LLexile 1110L
Grade 7 to 10Grade 7 to 10

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9781422204214

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