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    Identify

    By Lesley Choyce

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    Ethan is an anxiety-ridden loner who relies on medication to get through his day. During one of his fairly frequent panic attacks, a girl from school named Gabriella comes to his rescue. Gabe, as she prefers to be known, is facing her own inner turmoil. She has always been a tomboy, but the more pressure she faces to act and dress "like a girl," the more she wonders just who she really is.

    When he learns that Gabe is being constantly harassed at school, Ethan discovers he is able to overcome his own fears in order to stand up for his new friend. Then Gabe finds a disturbing note in her locker, and the threats begin to escalate. Ethan confronts the person responsible, but things take an unexpected turn, and he suddenly finds himself being questioned by police, accused of assault. With a dose of courage and a surprising ally, the two friends come up with a plan to set things right and end up discovering who they really are along the way.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateApr 18, 2017
    ISBN9781459814080
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    Lesley Choyce

    Lesley Choyce is an award-winning author of more than 100 books of literary fiction, short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, young adult novels and several books in the Orca Soundings line. His works have been shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, the White Pine Award and the Governor General’s Literary Award, among others. Lesley lives in Nova Scotia.

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      Identify - Lesley Choyce

      Seventeen

      Chapter One

      It was one of those days. School was just school, but I couldn’t take it anymore. I felt the anxiety creeping up inside me. I couldn’t breathe. If somebody looked at me the wrong way I was going to scream. I felt scared, and I was angry too. Angry at myself because I couldn’t control it. When the bell rang at the end of math, I headed for the back door of the school and ran. I was looking for a place to hide.

      There were other kids out and about. I slipped between two parked buses but bumped into Josh and Derek. Those two guys had been on my case since I was twelve. Josh was just lighting up a joint. They both looked at me, saw the freaked-out look on my face, I guess, and laughed. I pushed past them and started to run.

      I sprinted across the parking lot, but it felt like my legs were going to give out. So I tucked into a space between two green dumpsters and fell on the ground. It was smelly there, and there was trash scattered all around me, but it was a good place to hide. The lid on one of the dumpsters was open and flipped back, creating a roof for me. I sat there in my own little trashy cave and put my hands over my head. I started rocking back and forth like I do sometimes in my bedroom when everything seems too overwhelming. I sat there and felt the full panicky explosion in my brain overwhelm me. I thought maybe I was going to have a heart attack, my heart was beating so fast.

      I stayed like that, my eyes tightly closed, for maybe five full minutes. I heard the bell ring and knew I should go to my next class, but I just couldn’t do it. I couldn’t face going back into that building. Not now. Maybe not ever again.

      When I opened my eyes, someone was standing there looking down at me. At first I didn’t know if it was a guy or a girl. But when we made eye contact, eyes soft and sad, I was pretty sure it was a girl. But she had really short hair and was wearing boy’s jeans and a flannel shirt. She was wearing earbuds, and I could hear music blaring, but my heart was still beating so loudly, the blood pounding in my ears, it was hard to tell what kind.

      I must have looked pathetic. I had really wanted to be alone, but I suddenly felt less crazy as she knelt down beside me. She gently pulled my hands from my head and put the earbuds into my ears. The music poured in like liquid and seemed to push out all my crazy thoughts. I closed my eyes again and just listened.

      There was an orchestra and a guy singing like he was in a choir. Somehow he was taking me to some safe and peaceful place. And somehow this person standing here in front of me and I were connected. And not just by these thin little wires. Really connected.

      I didn’t move until the song was over. Then the girl took the earbuds out and tucked them in her shirt pocket.

      We hadn’t even spoken yet. But we’d been spotted.

      Suddenly Josh and Derek were looking at us. They started banging on the metal lid. The sound was loud and frightening. Josh was laughing now. Pointing and laughing. What are you two freaks doing? Derek said. Having a weirdo convention or what?

      Derek banged on the metal lid some more, and I felt the panic rising again.

      Chapter Two

      The girl looked at the two creeps, held up her middle finger, then told them to frig off. That was the term she used. Frig off, she said. Leave us alone.

      They banged some more on our roof, said some pretty rude things to her, but then turned and walked away. The girl looked back at me and touched my shoulder. You gonna be okay?

      I doubt it, I said. I’m a pessimist by nature. I don’t ever expect things to get better. I just expect things to get worse. And they usually do.

      She smiled a sad smile.

      How come you stopped and shared your music? I asked.

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