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Black Armband
A clothing accessory often used to denote mourning, this accoutrement becomes a focus of tension between the protagonist and those in authority over her. Used to signify alignment with the Black Lives Matter movement, it becomes a flash-point in the text.
Emerson Junior High
One of the dominant settings of the novel, this school is the one the protagonist attends. Named after an eminent American Renaissance writer, it serves to produce the social tensions around which the novel centers.
Eyeball Journal
A school exercise for the protagonist, this forms a narrative frame within the novel. It fosters reflection and self-interrogation.
Hurdles
A specific athletic trial the protagonist faces, these barriers are often used as short-hand for other impediments. That the protagonist learns how to handle them well bespeaks her increasing self-assurance and -possession.
Los Angeles
The overall milieu of the novel, this is generally considered the...
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