Paper Butterflies

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Then one day while June was in the woods she meets a boy, Blister who is very creative making things from paper and he becomes June's only friend. I’ve talked before about the ways in which the trend of using romance as the way to spur a character’s self-actualization is harmful and creates stagnant narratives (although apparently, not in a full blog post that I can helpfully link to?

Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield - Fantastic Fiction

TW: heavy depiction of abuse, including force-feeding, gaslighting, racially charged abuse, a lot of not believing victims, favoritism. Seeing their relationship progress gave me real joy and a hope for a better ending to her miserable existence. I also hated how June was bullied and pretty much tortured because she was the only black member of her family (her deceased mother was black, but her Dad, step-mother and step-sister are white) and she also goes to a predominantly white school where there are just sooooo many vile people who are absolutely horrible towards June and the scenes where June is at school just shows how the school failed her as well as herDad.If you follow me on Goodreads at all, you will know that I commented on my progress about 30 pages in saying how disturbing it was.

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Carry your past down the difficult route, or take your past from your shoulders, leave it here and walk down the other road. Paper Butterflies is an unforgettable read, perfect for fans of Lisa Williamson's The Art of Being Normal, Jandy Nelson, Sarah Crossan, Jennifer Niven and Louise O'Neill. But I still think it is a great paper craft for kids and a wonderful introduction to origami for beginners as it uses some basic origami folds.But are bitterly cruel -and unkind to June subjecting her to abuse everytime her father isn't there and let's just say that's a lot of the time.

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Gently pull the pleats apart so that the 2 pieces of paper look like 1 large wing on each side instead of 2 disjointed ones. My heart is bleeding from all the emotions that I was feeling when reading this horrifying and heart wrenching novel. Try your hand at origami to create one or, if you're more of a crafting beginner, fold a simpler version with pretty pleats. Even in situations where no actual wrong is happening, it is important to feel as if your feelings are heard.Grab the corners on the top layer and line up their edges with the crease in the middle of the triangle. More so, her father, his name escaped me, turned a blind eye to his daughter's pain and enabled Kathleen's torture. I needed to know June was OK after all the horrible, cruel, downright evil things her stepmother did to her. Her father adored her, but the other two, particularly her stepmother's a bigot, which added layers to her abuse.