... myself burying me into my school work. I had friends, but they knew and came to know how my parents are. I received the highest grades I could and excelled on the field hockey field. I did all this while reading myself to sleep, or finishing three or more books a day that my teachers recommended. Once high school rolled around, when other kids complained about reading stories, I secretly ... delighted in the task. I would read ahead in classes just for fun, while swapping books among friends. At my most stressful time of exams or standardized test ... , I found comfort in a book. During...

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