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A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n􀂘􀂌􀂍􀂗 􀂍􀂗 􀂅 􀂆􀂓􀂖􀂞􀂓􀂍 􀂆􀂓􀂓􀂏 􀂔􀂙􀂆􀂐􀂍􀂗􀂌􀂉􀂈 􀂆􀂝 􀂅􀂐􀂊􀂖􀂉􀂈 􀂅 . 􀂏􀂒􀂓􀂔􀂊  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales  \nis entirely coincidental.  \nText copyright © 2021 by Katie Heaney  \nCover design by Casey Moses  \nAll rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.  \nKnopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.  \nVisit us on the Web! 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You are supporting writers and allowing Penguin Random House to  \npublish books for every reader.  \nep_prh_5.8.0_c0_r0  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nCover  \nAlso by Katie Heaney  \nTitle Page  \nCopyright  \nDedication  \nThe Year I Stopped Trying  \nAcknowledgments  \nAbout the Author  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor my brothers, Joe and Dan  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n\u003Ce Arst time was a mistake.  \nI don’t like to admit that, because I think this whole thing would be cooler if I’d meant to do it from the beginning for some good reason, or even a reason. But the truth is that one day, after ten years without incident, I just forgot.  \nThere wasn’t anything unusual going on that week. I worked my usual shift at La Baguette, got home, did what was left of my homework, watched a little TV, and went to sleep. The next morning I got up, ate the same breakfast, made the same peanut butter and jelly sandwich and put the same chips and carrots in little plastic bags, and drove my brother, Peter, and me the same way to school. I walked into first period three minutes before the bell, completely prepared for another normal day. Then class started, and the teacher asked us to hand in our homework…and my stomach fell into my feet. My face burned. I felt faint and dizzy and a little like I might throw up. Because I had not done my AP U.S. history homework. Somehow, in the list of things I had to do the night before, this one had gotten lost. As everyone around me dug through their bags for their short essays on Manifest Destiny, I flipped through my planner and scanned yesterday’s to-do items. And there it was, with a line drawn through it, like everything else on the page. But I had not written that essay. I looked through my folder, just in case, but I knew there was nothing to find.  \nI sat there, sweating, for the rest of class, planning what I’d say to Mr. Delaney to let him know I knew I’d made a mistake and I’d never do it again if somehow he could find it in him to forgive me. I could offer to do a  \nmakeup assignment, a five-or ten-page paper on a topic of his choosing. Or I could pretend I had done the homework but had packed my bag wrong because of unspecified stressors at home. 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