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(Created page with "{{work}} {{Workstub}} {{Needs Image}} <!-- delete this if you have an image for this work, or if the work is in an audio-only or text-only medium. --> '''''At Risk''''' is a 1988 novel by Alice Hoffman, the author of ''Practical Magic''. It was one of the first novels to talk about the AIDS crisis and the stigmas that came with them. A family of four have quirky tribulations; housewife and photographer Polly has an excess of zucchini she needs to cook fast by sneaking...") |
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* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Polly calls Betsy a "bitch" in her mind for ghosting her and hurting Charlie. She doesn't actually say it, however, because they are in a grocery store.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Amanda's gymnastics coach. He's hard on the girls and treats Amanda no differently on the days that she can come to school after her diagnosis, saying not even she can have candy, but lets her wear her lucky necklace as long as it's under her leotard. The coach also asks for her opinion on an upcoming competition and how he thinks they will do against a rival team. When Charlie crashes a fifth-grade class without a hall pass, the coach listens when Charlie says that he has a message from Amanda that she was too sick to attend the meet, and she wants to know the score.
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