Bruiser (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Tennyson Sternberger: Bronte's twin brother and a lacrosse player, he is very intelligent and very determined to be the BEST.
• Brontë Sternberger: Tennyson's twin sister. She's named after the famous writer, her parents are big on that. Brontë is a smart girl who also seems to have status among her peers. She has a soft spot for the underdog and an honest desire to help others. She is a strong girl with self-confidence and a genuine caring nature. She has feelings for Brewster.
• Brewster Rawlins: Bronte's boyfriend, often regarded as the outcast at school. Very caring, but has to be selective with who he CAN care about. He gets pain from others of who he cares about.
• Uncle Hoyt: Uncle Hoyt is best described as a real redneck with a horrible temper and drinking problem. He is unwell and has struggled through a hard life, abandoning his own family and ending up with two boys to care for when their parents die.
• Ozzy O’Dell: Ozzy is a bully who seems to feel best about himself when he's putting others down.
• Katrina: Tennyson's girlfriend. She is a bit self centered and certainly the kind of girl that a guy like Tennyson is expected to be with. She talks all the time, which isn't always a bad thing for Tennyson.
• Cody Rawlins: Brewster's little brother, a spunky little kid who is terribly caring of everything around him.
• Mr. and Mrs. Gorton: Brewster and Cody's neighbors.
• Mr. Sternberger: Tennyson & Bronte's father. He Cheated on his wife a year before and left the family emotionally unstable.

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• “. . . joy can only be defined by the speed at which you're moving away from pain.”

  Brontë Sternberger

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• People live with blinders too; but ours are invisible, and much more sophisticated. Most of the time we don’t even know they’re there. Maybe we need them, though, because if we took in everything all at once, we’d lose our minds. Or worse, our souls. We’d see, we’d hear, we’d feel so deeply that we might never resurface.

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• Can you imagine how terrifying it must be to suddenly realize that everything you believe about the nature of the universe is wrong? Most people don’t realize how terrifying that is until their world is the one being threatened.

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• Cody and his pain is my obligation, and standing between my uncle and his pain is my rent, but the pain I coax from Brontë is my joy.

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• black holes generate an amazing amount of light. The problem is, their gravity is so great, the light can’t escape—it just gets pulled in along with everything else.

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• You think you want to know the secrets of the universe. You think you want to see the way things all fit together. You believe in your heart of hearts that enlightenment will save the world and set you free. Maybe it will. But the path to enlightenment is rarely a pleasant one.

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• The thing is, once a bomb begins to fall the deed is done. All you can do is watch helplessly, waiting for the blinding flash.

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1. Neal Shusterman (Author)

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• Texas Lone Star Reading List (2011)

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really good book. romantic in some parts.

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• Books › Teens › Social Issues

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