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Shine

Shine
Lauren Myracle

Shine is a 2011 young adult mystery novel by Lauren Myracle. The book was published on May 1, 2011, and follows a teenage girl investigating a hate crime involving the beating and near-death of her best friend in a small, North Carolina town. Shine won the 2012 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award and is on the ALA's "YALSA Reader’s Choice" and "Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults" lists for 2012.

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“God loves you even on your blackest days, and He will always, be there to guide you home. All you have to do is look for the light of His love.”

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“Dogs like everyone. Cats choose who to like.”

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“We all mess up. It's what we learn from our mistakes that matters.”

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“It's unfair how the kids who are starving for attention tended to be so annoying that people had no inclination to give it to them.”

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“I loved everyone who said yes to the world and tried to make it better instead of worse, because so much in the world was ugly- and just about all the ugly parts were due to humans.”

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“Knowledge was more powerful than fear. Love was stronger than hate.”

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