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“Suzy and Leah”

In "Suzy and Leah" by Jane Yolen, is about two girls who wrote different diaries. Leah is not from the U.S. but Suzy is. And we get to hear their feelings about each other through each diary.
The feelings between Suzy and Leah were not so good in the beginning. What happened in the beginning was a girl named Leah and a girl named Suzy were not getting along very well. Suzy thought Leah was kinda creepy the way she was standing with her two dark braids and staring at her. Suzy wanted a different kid to help out. But she couldn't tra because her teacher told her she was the best English student. They way leah felt about Suzy was that she didn't trust her because she laughed at her friends. Leah would not take anymore fruit

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