Bruised sarah skilton epub

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Please add your card again, or add a different card. If you receive an error message, please contact your library for help. When Imogen, a sixteen-year-old black belt in Tae Kwon Do, freezes during a holdup at a local diner, the gunman is shot and killed by the police, and she blames herself for his death. Before the shooting, she believed that her black belt made her stronger than everyone else—more responsible, more capable.

By day she works in the film and TV business. She is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, which came in handy when writing Bruised. When Imogen, a sixteen-year-old black belt in Tae Kwon Do, freezes during a holdup at a local diner, the gunman is shot and killed by the police, and she blames herself for his death.

Before the shooting, she believed that her black belt made her stronger than everyone else—more responsible, more capable. But now that her sense of self has been challenged, she must rebuild her life, a process that includes redefining her relationship with her family and navigating first love with the boy who was at the diner with her during the shoot-out. With action, romance, and a complex heroine, Bruised introduces a vibrant new voice to the young adult world—full of dark humor and hard truths.

This distinctive debut will be appreciated by fans of contemporary fiction. Skilton also sensitively depicts the bond and tentative romance that develops between Imogen and Ricky. The main story line about Imogen's struggle to come to terms with what she did and did not do is nuanced and honest.

ATOS Level: 5. Kindle Book Release date: November 12, But when she is trapped in a diner during a deadly robbery, all her skills don't help her--she freezes.

Blaming herself, she thinks she is no longer worthy of the black belt and her instructor agrees, but not for the same reason. Imogen realizes that using the status of a black belt to bolster herself is not the true meaning of being a Tae Kwan Do master. A soul searching and realistic look at how we grow to understand ourselves through adversity. Highly recomme