![]() But Cassie manages to hook up with a new crowd of kids who are also part the fringe element. But all these differences make her a target of the Abercrombie Fascists of her school. This is why she is vegan, and deeply opposed to the war in the Middle East. She's intelligent, sensitive, and almost too perceptive for her own good.Ĭassie is pained by innocents being victimized. But she also writes about her existential woes and her disappointment in humanity in general. Cassie carefully records the injustices of finding herself the victim of libelous scribbling on the bathroom wall or nasty notes in her locker. ![]() Now she's taunted as Osama's Ho, and the bible thumpers tell her that she's going to hell.Ĭassie's two forms of escape from the hostile purgatory, known as middle school, are her family's cabin in the mountains, and her diary. She becomes an absolute pariah for defending Darwin, and questioning our country's foreign policy. ![]() But there are strict penalties for voicing your beliefs at Cassie's ultra-conservative Colorado middle school. In spite of her desire to stick to the Invisibility Code Cassie Sullivan has a fighting spirit. ![]()
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